Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ab exordio mundi usque ad haec nostra tempora, acciderunt, quod portentorum genus non temerê evenire solet, sed humano generi exhibitum, severitatem iramq[ue] Dei adversus scelera, atq[ue] magnas in mundo vicissitudines portendit / partim ex probatis fideq[ue] dignis authoribus gręcis, atque latinis, partim etiam ex multorum annorum propria observatione, summa fide, studio, ac sedulitate, adiectis etiam rerum omnium veris imaginibus, conscriptum per Conradum Lycosthenem Rubeaquensem.
Accession number:
PML 126342
Published:
Basileae : Per Henricum Petri, 1557.
Description:
[12], 670, [2] p. : ill. (woodcuts), map ; 29 cm.
Credit:
Bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.
Notes:
Publication date from colophon: Basileae, per Henricum Petri, mense augusto anno M.D.LVII.
Printer's mark on p. [2] at end.
Signatures: a⁴ b² A⁶ B-C⁴ D-2Z⁶ ²2A-2I⁶ ²2K⁴ ²2L⁶.
Binding:
Full stamped vellum over wooden boards, with metal clasps.
Variant Title:
Prodigiorvm ac ostentorvm chronicon
Inscriptions/Markings:
4 pages of manuscript notes and drawings by Schubart recording additional prodigies at end.
Provenance:
Inscription of Andr. Chr. Schubarti; bookplate of Michel Chasles; collection of E. Clark Stillman.
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