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	The Academy of Natural Sciences - Library - Digital Collections - From the Deep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The fish were drawn by Bernardus Aretinus and engraved by Nicolas Beatrizet and surpass in beauty those of Rondelet, Gesner, and Belon.
		There are the fantastic illustrations of Louis Renard (France), the beautifully illustrated catalogues of Marcus Bloch (Germany), and the scientific publications of early Academy members Charles Lesueur, Charles-Lucien Bonaparte (nephew of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte), and American ichthyologist and herpetologist Richard Holbrook.
		Conrad Gesner represents the epitome of the Renaissance man. He was a physician and professor of philosophy at the University of Zurich and earned the title "Father of Zoology." Gesner's 4,500 page zoological encyclopedia is exhibited here.
	www.acnatsci.org /library/collections/fishes (1638 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1565 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		December 9 - Pope Pius IV (born 1499)
		December 13 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (born 1516)
		Nicolaus Von Amsdorf, German protestant reformer (born 1483)
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /1565 (393 words)

	The Basilisk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		With the Renaissance’s passion for scholarship and empirical research, much of the lore and belief in the basilisk was being discarded.
		Conrad Gesner, one of the most famous naturalists ever, had, in his Historia Animalium, an account of the basilisk, but was very skeptical of the creature’s existence.
		Some of these so-called "Jenny-Hanivers," several of which can still be found in some museums, were also created in the names of baby dragons, devil fishes, or some other suitably monstrous name.
	webhome.idirect.com /~donlong/monsters/Html/Basilisk.htm (4372 words)

	Antiquarian Books :: ILAB-LILA :: International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
		Like any modern encyclopaedist Gesner drew upon the best sources of information available to him, and although borrowing a great deal from his predecessors (including Aristotle), also commissioned many articles from contemporary experts.
		He had himself a competent knowledge of natural history, a great love of nature, and a healthy scepticism towards most of the old myths and legends." - Printing and the Mind of Man.
		are missnumbered), editio secunda novis iconibus, Francofurti: Henrici Laurentii, 1620, bound with: GESNER, CONRAD.
	www.ilab-lila.com /db/books2256.html (6966 words)

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