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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Physica sacra /</dc:title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob,
1672-1733.
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Pfeffel, Johann Andreas,
1674-1748.
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Newton Theological Institution,
former owner.
RIBRL.
</dc:creator><dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">text</dc:type><dc:publisher xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Augustae Vindelicorum & Vlmae [Augsburg and Ulm, Germany : Christian Ulrich Wagner],</dc:publisher><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">M DCC XXXI-M DCC XXXV. [1731-1735]</dc:date><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">lat</dc:language><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">(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.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">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.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Name of printer supplied by Nissen.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Volume 1 printed in 1731; vol. 2 printed in 1732; vol. 3 printed in 1733; vol. 4 printed in 1735.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Plates have both Latin and German captions; text primarily in German with some passages in Greek and Hebrew.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">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.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">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.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">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)</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Text printed in two parallel columns.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Includes indexes.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Engraved head and tail pieces; initials.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">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.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Brunet</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration,</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">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.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full mottled calf.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund.</dc:description><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: embossed bookstamps of the Newton Theological Institution on title pages.</dc:description><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Nature in the Bible.</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Natural history</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Natural history</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Imprint 1731.</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Imprint 1735.</dc:subject><dc:coverage xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Germany Augsburg.</dc:coverage><dc:coverage xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Germany Ulm.</dc:coverage></oai_dc:dc>