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希少で魅力的な一葉には、1557年バーゼルで印刷された、奇異現象と卓越した自然現象についての最も有名なルネサンスの書籍の7点の美しく手彩色された木版画が収められています。

Rare and attractive leaf with 7 beautifully hand-coloured woodcuts from one of the most famous Renaissance books on prodigies and extraordinary natural phenomena printed in Basel 1557.

These early woodcuts depict fiery rays descending from clouds, a town collapsing in an earthquake, an owl, lightning striking a fortified town, the examination of a sacrificial animal, a figure described in the Latin text as an “androgynus,” and a statue on a pedestal, illustrating remarkable phenomena and ominous signs recorded in ancient Rome.

The leaf originates from the celebrated Renaissance chronicle of wonders by Conrad Lycosthenes, Prodigiorum ac Ostentorum Chronicon (Basel, 1557) and draws on classical and medieval sources of its time such as Sebastian Münster, Conrad Gesner, Cardano and Paracelsus.

The work reflects the Renaissance fascination with unusual natural phenomena, monsters, mythical creatures and other marvels of nature at the crossroads of early science, astrology and natural history.

Dimensions: 26,5 x 18,5 cm
Good condition.

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Conrad Lycosthenes - Prodigiorum ac Ostentorum Chronicon - 1557

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