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Historia animalium ("History of the Animals"), published at Zurich in 1551–58 and 1587, is an encyclopedic "inventory of renaissance zoology" by Conrad Gessner (1516–1565). Gessner was a medical doctor and professor at the Carolinum in Zürich, the precursor of the University of Zurich. The Historia animalium is the first modern zoological work that attempts to describe all the animals known, and the first bibliography of natural history writings. The five volumes of natural history of animals cover more than 4500 pages.

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  1. "Featured book archive: Historia animalium libri I-IV. Cum iconibus. Lib. I. De quadrupedibus uiuiparis. Zurich: C. Froschauer, 1551. N*.1.19(A)". Cambridge University Library. http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/old_site/deptserv/rarebooks/gesner.html. Retrieved 29 November 2014. 
  2. Huxley, 2007. Pages 71–75
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  5. Anzovin, p. 366 item 5210 The first fossil illustrations were contained in the Historia animalium, published in 1551 by Swiss physician and naturalist Conrad von Gessner.
  6. Hendrikx, Sophia. "Monstrosities from the Sea. Taxonomy and tradition in Conrad Gessner’s (1516-1565) discussion of cetaceans and sea-monsters". Anthropozoologica 53 (11): 133–134. http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/anthropozoologica/53/11. 
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  8. Gudger (1934), pp. 516–517.
  9. Gudger (1934), p. 512.
  10. Tallack, Peter, The Science Book, Sterling Publishing Company, 2006, ISBN:1-84188-254-2, p. 46 Gessner’s classical training taught him to give pride of place to naming and classifying the fossils he described. Most importantly, he was concerned with precise identification. His book was the first to present fossil illustrations so students may more easily recognize objects that cannot be very clearly described in words.
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