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

Creator

Lykosthenes, Konrad, 1518-1561.

Published

Basileae : Per Henricum Petri, 1557.

Credit line

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.

Description

[12], 670, [2] p. : ill. (woodcuts), map ; 29 cm.

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.

Binding

Full stamped vellum over wooden boards, with metal clasps.

Classification

Book

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Department

Printed Books