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Gc.3.20

Author

Lykosthenes, Konrad, 1518 - 1561

Title

Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, quæ præter naturæ ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in svperioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ab exordio mundi usque ad hæc nostra tempora, acciderunt. Quod portentorum genus non temerè euenire solet, sed humano generi exhibitum, seueritatem iram[que] Dei aduersus scelera, at[que] magnas in mundo uicissitudines portendit. Partim ex probatis fide[que] dignis authoribus Gr[a]ecis, atque Latinis: partim etiam ex multorum annorum propria obseruatione, summa fide, studio ac sedulitate, adiectis etiam rerum omnium ueris imaginibus, conscriptum per Conradum Lycosthenem Rubeaquensem..

Varying form of title

Portion of title: Prodigiorvm ac ostentorvm chronicon

Publication, distribution, etc.

Basileae, : Per Henricum Petri., Mense Augusto anno M.D.LVII. [1557]

Physical description

[12], 670, [2] p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. (fol.)

Note

Date from colophon: Basileæ, per Henricum Petri, mense Augusto anno M.D.LVII.

Note

Errata: p.[1] at end.

Note

Printer's device on verso of last leaf.

Note

Signatures: a⁴ b² A-B⁶ C² D-2Z⁶ ²2A-²2I⁶ ²K⁴ ²L⁶.

Note

Woodcut illustrations, including a reproduction of Dürer's Rhinoceros on p. 18.

Note

"Catalogus omnium autorum ex quorum scriptis lucubrationibus, sequentia prodigia, portenta atq[ue] ostenta desumpta sunt": verso of 4th-recto of 6th prelim. leaves.

Provenance

Booklabel recording gift to Eton College by John Reynolds in 1751.

Provenance

Early ownership inscriptions at head of title, partly illegible: ?Degorins ... Nicholls ... Thomas ...

Binding

17th century English blind-panelled calf; rebacked in 2th century sprinkled calf with five raised bands and retained red morocco spine label; red sprinkled text block edges.

Subject

Animals, Mythical Early works to 1800.

Subject

Monsters Early works to 1800.

Subject

Curiosities and wonders Early works to 1800.

Added entry--name

Petri, Heinrich, 1508 - 1579 printer.

Added entry--name

Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.

Added entry--place

Switzerland Basel.

Language code

lat

Identifier

B48760
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