SCHEUCHZER, Johann Jakob. Gestelyke Natuurkunde. Uitgegeven inde Latynsche Taale... Het gansche werk bestaat in vyftien Deelen, waar van ieder Deel versierd is met vyftig zinryke, in't Koper gesneden Printbladen door J. And. Pfeffel, Keizerlyken Hofplaatsnyder tot Auxburg. Amsterdam: P. Schenk, 1735. 15 parts bound in 8 vols. 2o. Titles printed in red and black, each with engraved vignette, engraved portrait of Pfeffel by I.G. Pintz after G. de Marees, mezzotint of Scheuchzer by T. Laub after I.H. Heidigger, engraved allegorical frontispiece by Sperling after Preisler and 760 engraved plates some folding or double-page by Friderich, Heuman, Sperling, Prinz, Tyroff and others after J.M. Füssli most within elaborately engraved frames after J.D. Preissler. Contemporary calf (rebacked, some wear to spines and spine labels). First Dutch edition of the Latin original Physica Sacra, with illustrations of botanical, zoological, astronomical, and religious subjects. A highlight of 18th-century Augsburg graphic arts, engraved by a group of well-known Augsburg artists. Brunet V:198; Nissen ZBI 3661. (8)