From Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733), in his "Physica Sacra," Augsburg and Ulm, Pfeffel, 1731-35; *title page*; more images:

*a map of the Holy Land and India*

*A caravan of merchants, procuring turpentine*
*Whales and a whale-boat* (shown above)
*Mining for silver*
*Hunting for elephant tusks* (shown above)
*Studying the geography of the Holy Land*
*Examples of superstitious behavior*
*The making of idols*
*A feast*

*The anatomy of the crane*
*The crocodile*
*A flying squirrel*
*Spiders*
*Sea creatures with shells*
*Snakes*; *more snakes*
*A beaver and a porcupine*
*An onager, an aurochs, and a unicorn*
*Strange animals*
*A nesting eagle*
*An eagle saves Helen from sacrifice*
*The kind of whale that swallowed Jonah*

*Samson is deceived by Delilah*
*Saul, enraged*
*Elijah under a juniper tree*

*Palm-nuts, source of palm oil*
*The laurel, symbol of victory*
*The crocus, and saffron plants*
*Mushrooms*

*A skeleton, and a study of the muscles*
*The earth rotating around the sun*
*The sun's rays being focused with a mirror*
*A volcano erupting*
*The earth being destroyed by fire during Armageddon*

Source: ebay, Mar. 2007


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