Conradi Gesneri De rerum fossilium, lapidum et gemmarum maximè, figuris & similitudinibus liber : non solùm medicis, sed omnibus rerum naturae ac philologiae studiosis, vtilis & iucundus futurus
Conrad Gessner's 1565 Latin treatise on fossils, stones and gems was printed in Zurich for physicians and natural philosophers, and it is a natural history reference. Its pictures are small woodcuts: a heraldic-style cartouche with a coat of arms, and a branching coral-like fossil form with a textured base, useful for designers wanting antique botanical or mineral line work.
