Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus ..

Contributor:

Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579 (printer)

Name:

Lykosthenes, Konrad, 1518-1561

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1557

Language:

Latin

Publisher:

Per Henricum Petri

Subject:

Monsters -- Early works to 1800; Animals, Mythical -- Early works to 1800; Curiosities and wonders -- Early works to 1800; Curiosities and wonders; Animals, Mythical; Monsters

Resource Type:

Text

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages, 670 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps; 28 cm (folio)

Related Place:

Switzerland -- Basel.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Date from colophon.; Signatures: a⁴ b² A⁶ B-C⁴ D-Zz⁶ 2A-2I⁶ 2K⁴ 2L⁶.; Woodcuts: Title vignette, initials, printer's device on verso of final leaf. Copiously illustrated.; Errata on recto of final leaf.; "Catalogus omnium autorum ex quorum scriptis lucubrationibus, sequentia prodigia, portenta, atque ostenta desumpta sunt" on verso of 4th preliminary leaf.; Dedication to the consuls of Basel.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Lea Collection, N.9.7

Collection:

Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)