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(BIRDS.) Gesner, Conrad. Historiae animalium liber III. qui est de avium natura. Over 225 text woodcuts. [12], 732, [21] pages; M3.4 supplied in duplicate, M2.5 lacking. Folio, contemporary calf, rebacked, bottom of spine chipped, cover corners worn through, front cover detached; marginal dampstaining through much of volume, with traces of mold in lower outer corner of opening leaves, scattered foxing. Bookplate of the bibliographer Gilbert R. Redgrave; stamp of the Aquatic Research Institute. Frankfurt am Main: Egenolff Emmel for Heinrich Lorenz, 1617
