Swiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist (1516–1565)

Conrad Gesner. Line engraving, 1666.

Conrad Gesner. Line engraving by T. de Bry.

Philosophers and writers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Conrad Gesner. Woodcut, 1565.

Conrad Gesner. Mezzotint by J. J. Haid, 1747.

Conrad Gesner. Process print after C. Meyer, 1662.

vii, 1 unnumbered page, 154 pages including frontispiece (port.) : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Konrad Gesner, Leben und Werk : mit VI Abbildungen / [Willy Ley].

236 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm.

Conrad Gessner : 1516-2016 : Facetten eines Universums / Urs B. Leu, Mylene Ruoss (Herausgeber).

Conrad Gesner als Theologe : ein Beitrag zur Zürcher Geistesgeschichte des 16. Jahrhunderts / Urs B. Leu.

463 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.

Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) : Universalgelehrter und Naturforscher der Renaissance / Urs B. Leu.

Quatre livres des secrets de medecine et de la philosophie chimique / Faicts françois par M. Jean Liebault ... Esquels sont descrits plusieurs remedes singuliers poru toutes maladies tant interieures qu'exterieures du corps humain ... les manieres de destiller eaux, huyles, et quintes essences de toute sorte de matieres: faire les extractions, les sels artificiels, et l'or potable.

Above, a lynx; below, a beast with a feathery tail carrying its young on its back. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

Above, an otter eating a fish; below, a beaver. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

Icones avium omnium quae in historia avium Conradi Gesneri describuntur, cum nomenclaturis singulorum latinis, italicis, gallicis, et germanicis plerumque, per certos ordines digestae / [Konrad Gesner].

A rhinoceros. Woodcut after A. Dürer.

A unicorn. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

Nomenclator aquatilium animantium. Icones animalium aquatilium in mari et dulcibus aquis degentium / plusquam DCC cum nomenclaturis singulorum latinis, graecis, italicis, hispanicis, gallicis, germanicis, anglicis, aliisque interdum.

A vulture. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

Historiae animalium liber I. [Liber II, Qui est de piscium et aquatilium animantium natura ... / Continentur in hoc volumine, G. Rondeletii et P. Bellonii et aquatilium singulis scripta].

A bull. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

A serpent, a winged serpent and a dragon. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

An ox. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

Epistolarum medicinalium liber quartus, denuo recusus, adjecto ineditarum ejusdem epistolarum specimine / Cura Joannis Hanharti.

A cercopithecus (a long-tailed monkey) holding a stick in its right hand. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

34 unnumbered leaves, 1,220 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves : woodcut illustrations & portrait ; (4to)

De stirpium, maxime earum, quae in Germania nostra nascuntur, usitatis nomenclaturis, propriisque, differentiis, neque non temperaturis ac facultatibus, commentariorum libri tres / germanica primum lingua conscripti, nunc in latinam conversi, interprete Davide Kybero. His accesserunt ... praefationes duae altera D. Conradi Gesneri ... rei herbariae scriptorum ... catalogum complectens: altera ipsius authoris, herbariae cognitionis laudes ... continens. Praeterea ... adjectus est Benedicti Textoris Segusiani de stirpum differentiis, ex Dioscoride secundum locos communes, libellus.

A hippopotamus standing in the water biting the tail of a crocodile. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

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Conrad Gessner

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Epistolarum medicinalium liber quartus, denuo recusus, adjecto ineditarum ejusdem epistolarum specimine / Cura Joannis Hanharti.

A cercopithecus (a long-tailed monkey) holding a stick in its right hand. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

A vulture. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

A hippopotamus standing in the water biting the tail of a crocodile. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

Conrad Gesner. Line engraving, 1666.

Konrad Gesner, Leben und Werk : mit VI Abbildungen / [Willy Ley].

Conrad Gessner : 1516-2016 : Facetten eines Universums / Urs B. Leu, Mylene Ruoss (Herausgeber).

Conrad Gesner als Theologe : ein Beitrag zur Zürcher Geistesgeschichte des 16. Jahrhunderts / Urs B. Leu.

Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) : Universalgelehrter und Naturforscher der Renaissance / Urs B. Leu.

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Conrad Gessner

Images from the collections

Images by Conrad Gessner

Images featuring Conrad Gessner

Works from the collections

Epistolarum medicinalium liber quartus, denuo recusus, adjecto ineditarum ejusdem epistolarum specimine / Cura Joannis Hanharti.

A cercopithecus (a long-tailed monkey) holding a stick in its right hand. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

A vulture. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

A hippopotamus standing in the water biting the tail of a crocodile. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

Conrad Gesner. Line engraving, 1666.

Konrad Gesner, Leben und Werk : mit VI Abbildungen / [Willy Ley].

Conrad Gessner : 1516-2016 : Facetten eines Universums / Urs B. Leu, Mylene Ruoss (Herausgeber).

Conrad Gesner als Theologe : ein Beitrag zur Zürcher Geistesgeschichte des 16. Jahrhunderts / Urs B. Leu.

Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) : Universalgelehrter und Naturforscher der Renaissance / Urs B. Leu.

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