GESNER, Conrad (1516-1565). Bibliotheca instituta et collecta primum a Conrad Gesner. Deinde in epitomen redactea ... per Iosiam Simlerum, Zurich: C. Froschouer, 1574, 2°, woodcut device on title (title washed and laid down with minor loss to one corner, accession stamp on *2, lower margins affected by damp throughout, wormed throughout, affecting text intermittently and occasionally severely, excisions from bottom margin of some leaves), recent morocco-backed marbled boards; sold not subject to return. [Adams G514; Besterman 803; cf. Breslauer & Folter 14]