This makes it possible to easily learn in Dutch the views of this 18th century scientist/physicist contained in an engraving.
The complete collection of engravings of the so-called Physiques Sacrée includes more than 700 engravings. Original loose engravings are easily sold between 100 and 200 euros each.
This beautiful piece is a unique opportunity in two respects: to learn about Scheuzer's special physical and scientific explanation for verses from the Bible and
with the Dutch text included. As much as possible, all images have been inserted separately at the location of the relevant Bible verse.
This work also contains fold-out engravings about the temple and a map. Of the 140 engravings, of which the unique frames alone can be described as works of art, only two are in inferior condition. The collection is otherwise imacculate !!
The engravings are mostly from part 3 and 4 of the 1733 Physique Sacrée.
The work is contained in a full leather blind-stamped binding with exclusive fittings. The engravings from the Physique Sacrée are generally seen as a lonely highlight in Baroque engraving. Dim.: 40 x 26 x 12 cm. Weight : 7 kilo
The Bible has been specially rebound and can stand upright for display without the pictures falling out.
Top piece , a true asset for each collection !!
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (2 August 1672 – 23 June 1733) was a Swiss physician and natural scientist born in Zürich. His most famous work was the Physica sacra in four volumes, which was a commentary on the Bible and included his view of the world, demonstrating a convergence of science and religion. It was richly illustrated with copperplate etchings and came to be called the Kupfer-Bibel or "Copper Bible".
Scheuchzer supported Biblical creation, but his support for Copernican heliocentrism forced him to print his works outside Switzerland. He also supported antecedent concepts of Neptunism and considered fossils as evidence for the Biblical deluge. A fossil from Ohningen that he identified as a human drowned by the Flood was later identified as a Miocene salamander which was named after him as Andrias scheuchzeri.
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