[Rarebooks] FS: Obsequens on 132 omens, freaks of nature, etc. Stockholm: 1679

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Obsequens, Julius. DE PRODIGIIS LIBER: cum Annotationibus Joannis Schefferi... Accedunt Conr. Lycosthenis Supplementum Obsequontis... Stockholm: Johannis Beuns Bibliopolae. 1679. Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. (14),156,(32)pp. Indices. The second part, "Annotationes" by Schefferi, is in double column text. Woodcut printer's device on title page. Copper engraved frontispiece with imprint "Amsterdam: Ex Officina Henrici et Theodorr Boom. 1679." Cont. vellum, yapped fore-edge, hand lettered spine, light soiling, chip at fore-edge of front cover, otherwise a fine copy. The first part with cont. marginal notations and underlining in a a neat hand that matches an ownership signature on the title page dated 25 December 1680, at Upsalla. A different ownership signature on the title page is dated 1722.     $450.00  (trade discount allowed)
In all, the book recounts 132 wonders, portents, prodigies. An early UFO text, which mentions objects moving through the skies. Toole-Stott 6286a.

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