Shelfmark
Gc.3.20
Author
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