Leonhard Baldner

Leonhard Baldner or Leonard Baltner (1612 – 1 February 1694) was a Strasbourg fisherman and naturalist who produced a hand-written illustrated book on the fishes, birds, and mammals titled Vogel-, Fisch- und Thierbuch.

The exact date of birth of Baldner is unknown but he was born in an old fisher family in Strasbourg.

They too had four children of whom the youngest son, Andreas born in February 1673 transcribed the manuscripts of his father.

[2] The original manuscript drawn and written by the artist was inherited by Baldner's youngest son who had it until 1687.

The German text was translated into English for Willughby and his collaborator John Ray by Frederick Slare.