Histoires prodigieuses extraictes de plusieurs fameux autheurs, grecz & latins, sacrez & prophanes
Histoires prodigieuses is a 1561 Paris collection of marvels and monstrous wonders compiled by Pierre Boaistuau from Greek, Latin and sacred authors, printed for Jean Longis and Robert le Mangnier. Its woodcut plates show monsters, strange human bodies and omens drawn in bold black outline with simple hatching, offering a designer a clear model for dramatic, woodcut-style illustration of the fantastic.
