P.S. Ōon Rōmaion thaumasion h.e. Ovum mirabile, Romae Gallinà (ceu ferunt) natum, oder, Bericht von dem wundersamen Ey, welches zu Rom eine Henne sol geleget haben
Subtitle: in Eyl entworffen
By: von F. Madeweis
Publisher: Bey Rupert Völckern, Buchhändlern
Published: 1681
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Comets; Eggs
Other titles: Ovum mirabile, Romae Gallinà (ceu ferunt) natum; Bericht von dem wundersamen Ey, welches zu Rom eine Henne sol geleget haben
Notes: "Ōon Rōmaion thaumasion" romanized from Greek characters.

In December 1680 a hen in Rome laid an egg which was reputed to have a representation of the famous 1680 comet and stars depicted on its shell.

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Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVII. Jahrhunderts (VD 17), entry 1:091153B

Purchased in 2018 with the Endowment Fund for the Donald and Mary Hyde Collection.

Numbered in manuscript "VII" on title page.

Number 2 of 3 titles bound together; bound with: Friedrich Madeweis, Nigellae Cadmi filiae de sydere crinito, A.P. MDCLXXX mense Novemb. & seq. observatio ... (Berlin, 1681) and Friedrich Madeweis, Cometa ao. MDCLXXX er LXXXI observ. Friderico Madeweis Berolini elevatio poli 52 gr. 50 (Berlin?, 1681?).