The sources of Gessner's pictures for the Historia animalium.
Gessner’s sources for the pictures in his Historia animalium were varied in kind and in quality. This should be understood within the larger context of the Historia animalium in which Gessner sought to collect everything ever written about animals, an enterprise that could not be completed by a sing...
| Published in: | Annals of Science Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 303 - 328 |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2010
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |