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Fantastical Sea Monster, illustration from 'Historiae animalium' by Conrad Gesner (colour litho)

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GIA877029
Image title
Fantastical Sea Monster, illustration from 'Historiae animalium' by Conrad Gesner (colour litho)
Artist
Swiss School, (16th century) / Swiss
Photographer
Giancarlo Costa
Location
Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Medium
colour lithograph
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Conrad Gesner's five-volume 'Historiae animalium' (1551–1558) is considered the beginning of modern zoology.

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© Giancarlo Costa / Bridgeman Images
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animal / monster / fantastic creature / legend / legendary / wings / fantastical / wing / manuscript / sea-monster / sea / creature / sea-creature / winged / historia / zoologist / zoology / mythical / gesner / konrad / historiae / animalium / animalum / gessner / conrad
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Largest available format 4252 × 2882 px 4 MB
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Large 4252 × 2882 px 360 × 244 mm 4.2 MB
Medium 1024 × 694 px 87 × 59 mm 525 KB

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