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LYCOSTHENES, CONRAD (CONRAD WOLFFHART). 1518–1561. :Prodigiorum Ac Ostentorum Chronicon. Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1557.
Folio (302 x 210 mm). Large woodcut on title, numerous woodcuts in the text throughout, including one double-page and two full-page, woodcut printer\’s device on final verso. [12], 670, [2] pp. Modern quarter red-brown morocco and marbled boards; some light staining at lower margin of portion of text block
Provenance: Étienne Pariset, French physician, 1770-1847 (manuscript note by previous owner that the present volume was bought at the sale of Pariset\’s library, 1849, beneath bibliographic note in unknown hand; small shelf mark in stamp at foot of title).
FIRST EDITION of this copiously illustrated anthology of portents, natural marvels, monsters, curiosities and unsolved mysteries. Includes sightings of Halley\’s Comet and an unidentified flying object sighted in Arabia in 1479 that resembles a spaceship (see p. 494). Adams W-250; Durling 2878; Wellcome I, 3917.
康拉德·利科斯梯尼（康拉德·沃尔夫哈特）。1518-1561. Prodigiorum Ac Ostentorum Chronicon。巴塞尔：海因里希·佩特里，1557年。
