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Kupfer-Bibel, volume I
Johann Daniel Preisslerpublished 1731
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Kupfer-Bibel, volume I
- Creator: Johann Jacob Scheuchzer (author) with plates after Johann Melchior Füssli and border designs after Johann Daniel Preissler
- Date Created: published 1731
- Physical Dimensions: page size: 38.3 x 24.4 cm (15 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: Bookplate of Georg August, Count of Erbach; bookplate of Kenneth Mackenzie; The Horticultural Society of New York; (sale, London, Sotheby's, 27-28 April 1987, no. 324); purchased (via Quaritch Ltd.) by NGA, 1987.
- Rights: CC0
- 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 variousartists after Füssli; border designs are after Preissler
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