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GESNER, CONRAD. Historiae animalium Liber II. qui est de Quadrupedibus Oviparis. [8], 119 pages * Historiae animalium liber III. qui est de Avium natura. [12], 806, [26] pages. Together, 2 volumes in one, illustrated with numerous text woodcuts. Folio, 365x227 mm, 18th-century sheep gilt; contents heavily browned, with occasional dampstaining. Expurgated by a Catholic censor, with scattered words or lines of text inked out. Frankfurt am Main: Johann Wechel for Robert Cambier, 1586; 1585
Second edition of works originally published in 1554-55 as part of Gesner's 5-volume Historiae animalium, "the basis of modern zoology" (Grolier/Horblit). Garrison-Morton 280; Grolier/Horblit 39; Nissen ZBI 1550, IVB 349.
