Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

Swiss paleontologist (1672–1733)

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Medicine

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Images by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

8 images from works
  • Physique sacrée, ou histoire-naturelle de la Bible / Traduite du latin de Mr. Jean-Jaques Scheuchzer ... Enrichie de figures en taille-douce, gravées par les soins de Jean André Pfeffel.
  • Physique sacrée, ou histoire-naturelle de la Bible / Traduite du latin de Mr. Jean-Jaques Scheuchzer ... Enrichie de figures en taille-douce, gravées par les soins de Jean André Pfeffel.
  • Ouresiphoites Helviticus, sive itinera Alpina tria. In quibus incolæ, animalia, plantæ, montium altitudines barometricæ, cœli & soli temperies, aquæ medicatæ, mineralia, metalla, lapides figurati, aliaque fossilia, & quicquid insuper in natura, artibus, & antiquitate, per Alpes Helviticas & Rhæticas, rarum sit, & notatu dignum, exponitur, & iconibus illustratur / authore Johanne Jacobo Scheuchzero.
  • The uncleanliness of the mother after giving birth, according to Jewish law. Etching by P.G. Harder, ca. 1731/1733.
  • Vertebral column with dissections of nerves and blood vessels, with skin (?) in the background, and (left) the figure of a man representing Ecclesiastes, the whole being an illustration of Ecclesiastes XII, 6 "the silver cord". Drawing attributed to Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730.
  • Vertebral column with dissections of nerves and blood vessels, with skin (?) in the background, and (left) the figure of a man representing Ecclesiastes, the whole being an illustration of Ecclesiastes XII, 6 "the silver cord". Drawing attributed to Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730.
  • An anatomical depiction of the life and death of a foetus frames Adam alone in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.A. Fridrich after J.D. Preissler and M. Füssli after C. Huyberts.
  • Physique sacrée, ou histoire-naturelle de la Bible / Traduite du latin de Mr. Jean-Jaques Scheuchzer ... Enrichie de figures en taille-douce, gravées par les soins de Jean André Pfeffel.

Images featuring Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

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  • Johann Jacob Scheuchzer, aged 59, holding a book in his left hand, gesturing towards shells, a fish, and a thistle. Mezzotint by T. Laub, 1731, after J. H. Heidegger.
  • Johann Jacob Scheuchzer. Line engraving by J. B. Brühl.
  • Johann Jacob Scheuchzer, aged 59, holding a book in his left hand, gesturing towards shells, a fish, and a thistle. Mezzotint by T. Laub, 1731, after J. H. Heidegger.
  • Johann Jacob Scheuchzer, holding a thistle. Line engraving by J. Nutting, 1723, after M. Füsslinus.

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Frequent collaborators

Johann Andreas Pfeffel

Related topics

Natural History
Switzerland
Nature in the Bible