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: Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis ispida


Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis ispida

Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis ispida. De Ave incendiaria seu spinturnice, de Ispida. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Lucas Schan and Conrad Gessner from Conrad Gessner's Historiae Animalium, De avium natura, (Natural history of animals: birds), Frankfurt, Wechel for Cambier, 1585

Picture No
14010626
Media ID
46667233
Size
6051px x 4292px (5.6MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Lucas Schan, Conrad Gessner

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16th Century Cambier Conrad Gesner Conrad Gessner De Avium Natura Historiae Animalium Lucas Schan Lukas Schan Natural History Natural History Of Animals Ornithological Art Wechel Woodblock Xylograph


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