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, many engraved plates, some foxing (mainly marginal) and occasional browning, contemporary calf, covers stamped with central gilt coronet-surmounted monogram within circle, spines gilt, vol. 4 upper cover detached and other joints cracked but holding, vol. 2 lacking back-strip, others variously chipped, covers and extremities rubbed, Augsburg & Ulm, Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-35.
⁂ First edition in German of this monumental work by the Swiss 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.
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