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Title
Hoopoe, Upupa Epops, from Gesner's Historiae animalium liber III, qui est de avium natura
Agent (Role)
Finnin, Denis
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Copy photographer
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Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565
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Author
)
Date
1585
Artwork/Object Type
Woodblock prints
Is Part Of
Historia Animalium
,
Natural histories. Extraordinary birds : rare book selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Library: Gessner, Conrad, Pierre Belon, Jacob Carronus, Guillaume Rondelet, and Hans Kaspar Wolf. 1617. Historiae Animalium Liber Primus[-Liber V] Ed. 2 novis iconibus nec non observationibus non paucis auctior, atque etiam multis in locis emendatior ed. Francofurti: In bibliopolio Henrici Laurentii Ex officina typographica Egenolphi Emmelii.
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Publication History
AMNH Library, QL674.4 .S84 2013: Sweet, Paul, Peter Capainolo, Peter Capainolo, Barbara J Rhodes, American Museum of Natural History. Library, Barbara J Rhodes, Tom Baione, and American Museum of Natural History. 2013. Natural Histories: Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library. Vol. , Extraordinary Birds. New York: Sterling Signature.
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