Physica sacra - Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob,; Pfeffel, Johann Andreas, (Christian Ulrich Wagner], 1731)
Also printed in German in Augusburg and Ulm in the same year under title: Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra, oder Geheiligte Natur-Wissenschafft derer In Heil. Schrifft vorkommenden natürlichen Sachen, deutlich erklärt und bewährt. --- Engraved head and tail pieces; initials. --- Includes indexes. --- Name of printer supplied by Nissen. --- Pagination: v. 1: [38], 272 p., [235] leaves of plates (2 double); v. 2: [2], 273-514 p., [192] leaves of plates (1 double); v. 3: [2], 515-1050 p., [184] leaves of plates (2 double); v. 4: [2], 1051-1536, [96] p., [57] leaves of plates. --- Plates have both Latin and German captions; text primarily in German with some passages in Greek and Hebrew. --- Signatures: v. 1: pi1 (pi1 verso blank) (a)-(i)² A-M² N² (-N2) O-2A² 2B² (-2B2) 2C-3Z²; v. 2: pi1 (pi1 verso blank) 4A-6O² 6P² (-6P2); v. 3: pi1 (pi1 verso blank) 6P² (-6P1) 6Q-12K² 12L² (-12L2); v. 4: pi1 (pi1 verso blank) 12L² (-12L1) 12M-17R² (A)-(2A)² ((2A)2 verso blank) --- Text printed in two parallel columns. --- Volume 1 has 235 plates, which are numbered I-CCXXV, and also includes 3 unnumbered plates before numbered plates begin, 2 double plates, and extra numbered plates 39a, 99b, 133a, 217a, and 223a; volume 2 has plates numbered from CCXXVI-CCCCXV, including 1 double plate and extra numbered plate 340b; volume 3 has plates numbered CCCCXVI-DXCII, including plate CCCCXXXVII misnumbered CCCCXXXVI, 2 double plates, and extra numbered plates 446b, 446c, 463a, and 470a; volume 4 has plates numbered from DXCIII-DCCL, including plate DCXXVIII misnumbered DCXIIX. --- Volume 1 printed in 1731; vol. 2 printed in 1732; vol. 3 printed in 1733; vol. 4 printed in 1735. --- While there is no mention of America in the text, there are numerous illustrations of American birds, such as vultures, golden eagles, and pelicans; animals such as flying squirrels, lobsters, and a narwhal; an illustration of cochineal; and an illustration of the aurora borealis. --- (From title pages) Tomus I. Coplectens tabulas CCXXV -- Tomus II. A tab. CCXXVI. ad CCCCXVI [sic., should read CCCCXV] -- Tomus III. A tab. CCCCXVI. ad DXCIV [sic., should read DXCIII] -- Tomus IV. A tab. DXCIV. ad DCCL. --- Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, | 3660. --- Brunet | V:198.
Keywords: Imprint 1731; Imprint 1735; Natural history; Nature in the Bible; Pictorial works; Pre-Linnean works