Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob) Kupfer-Bibel in welcher die Physica Sacra, 4 vol., first edition in German, vol.1 with half-title and engraved frontispiece, fine mezzotint portrait, 759 engraved plates (of 760), one partially hand-coloured, a few folding, occasional browning and foxing, marginal stain to several leaves in vol.2, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio, Augsburg & Ulm, 1731-35.

⁂ Monumental work undertaken by the polymath Scheuchzer, attempting to marry the scriptures with the sciences, including paleontology, zoology, biology, astronomy and geology. The plates are after drawings by Johann Melchior Fuessli and are set within borders, often allegorical, by J.D. Preissler.