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, spine ribbed and decorated (18th century binding). ORIGINAL EDITION sought after for its abundant illustrations consisting of more than 1500 WOODEN ENGRAVINGS showing the prodigies and supernatural phenomena recorded up to 1557: Children with elephant heads, without eyes or noses, pigs with human heads, roosters with five legs, ships sailing in the air, a ploughman bringing fish out of the ground, earthquakes, comets, an Arab rocket in 1479, etc... (Caillet, 11470) (Durling, n°2878) (Wellcome I, 3917) (USTC 606384) (not in Dorbon).