Kupfer-Bibel, volume I by Johann Jacob Scheuchzer (author) with plates after Johann Melchior Füssli and border designs after Johann Daniel Preissler

Medium

1 vol: ill: mezzotint portrait of Scheuchzer, engraving opposite title page, title page, 26 pages introductory text (unnumbered), 276 pages text (numbered 1-276), 177 engravings (numbered 1-174 with 3 additional plates); plates are engraved by various artists after Füssli; border designs are after Preissler

Dimensions

page size: 38.3 × 24.4 cm (15 1/16 × 9 5/8 in.) book: 39.1 × 26.5 × 6.5 cm (15 3/8 × 10 7/16 × 2 9/16 in.)

Classification

Volume

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Epstein Family Fund

Accession Number

1987.26.1

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