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<date>1731</date>
<subject>Nature in the Bible</subject>
<subject>Natural history</subject>
<subject>Natural history</subject>
<subject>Imprint 1731</subject>
<subject>Imprint 1735</subject>
<title>Physica sacra</title>
<creator>Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, 1672-1733</creator>
<creator>Pfeffel, Johann Andreas, 1674-1748</creator>
<creator>Newton Theological Institution, former owner. RIBRL</creator>
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<collection>americana</collection>
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<accession>13-37</accession>
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<vol>1</vol>
<size>4 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 39 cm (fol.)</size>
<full_bib_id>b65933928</full_bib_id>
<publisher>Augustae Vindelicorum & Vlmae [Augsburg and Ulm, Germany : Christian Ulrich Wagner]</publisher>
<description>(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</description>
<description>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</description>
<description>Name of printer supplied by Nissen</description>
<description>Volume 1 printed in 1731; vol. 2 printed in 1732; vol. 3 printed in 1733; vol. 4 printed in 1735</description>
<description>Plates have both Latin and German captions; text primarily in German with some passages in Greek and Hebrew</description>
<description>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</description>
<description>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</description>
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<description>Includes indexes</description>
<description>Engraved head and tail pieces; initials</description>
<description>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</description>
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<description>Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration</description>
<description>John Carter Brown Library copy volume 1 has plates numbered CLII-CLV, bound between p. 162-163, misbound from CLV-CLII; volume 4 has plate DXCIII misbound at the beginning of volume 4 instead of at the end of volume 3, and plate DCCXLVI, bound between 1530-1531, misbound after plate DCCXLVII</description>
<description>John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full mottled calf</description>
<description>John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund</description>
<description>Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: embossed bookstamps of the Newton Theological Institution on title pages</description>
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<publicdate>2015-11-02 12:56:41</publicdate>
<updatedate>2015-11-02 13:49:18</updatedate>
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<notes>No copyright, table of contents. Because multiple chapters appear on a single page, chapters are not asserted. Gutter and glass may be captured to maximize text visibility. Cropping of text may occur due to narrow margins, thickness of book.</notes>
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