OBSEQUENS (J) - LYCOSTHENE (K). PRODIGIORUM AC OSTENTORUM CH - Lot 106

OBSEQUENS (J) - LYCOSTHENE (K). PRODIGIORUM AC OSTENTORUM CHRONICON, quæ præter naturæ ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ab exordio mundi usque ad hæc nostra tempora. Basilae, Henricum Petri, Augusto 1557. Small folio of [12]-670-[2] pages, glazed blond calf, ornate ribbed spine (18th century binding) ORIGINAL EDITION sought after for its abundant illustration of more than 1,500 WOOD ENGRAVINGS showing the prodigies and supernatural phenomena recorded up to 1557: Elephant-headed children without eyes or noses, pigs with human heads, five-legged roosters, ships sailing through the air, a ploughman bringing fish out of the ground, earthquakes, comets, an Arab rocket in 1479, etc... (Caillet, 11470) (Durling, no. 2878) (Wellcome I, 3917) (USTC 606384) (not in Dorbon).