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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Monstrorum historia memorabilis, monstrosa humanorum partuum miracula, stupendis conformationum formulis ab utero materno enata, viuis exemplis, observationibus, & picturis, referens. Accessit analogicum argumentum de monstris brutis, supplementi loco ad observationes medicas Schenckianas edita.

Publication Details

Frankfurt: ex officina typographica Matthiae Becker, 1609 CE.

Schenck described nearly 100 human and animal examples, illustrated with engravings by Theodor de Bry (1528-98). Most of the examples are from the 16th century. Not all the cases are teratological in the strictest sense as Schenck includes a discussion, with illustrations, of the painter and calligrapher Thomas Schweicker (1541-1602), who was born without arms, and wrote and painted with his feet. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#7819
Permanent Linkhttps://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/9991
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLmonstrorum-historia-memorabilis-monstrosa-humanorum-partum-miracula-stupendis-conformationum-formulis-ab-vtero-materno-enata-viuis-exemplis-obseruationibus-picturis-referens-accessit-analogicum-argumentum-de-monstris-brutis-supplementi-loco-ad-obseruationes-medicas-schenckianas

Geographic Context

Publication place: Frankfurt