Lot 2950: REYHER, SAMUEL (1635-1714).

MATHESIS BIBLICA, I. MOSAICA. II. HAGIOGRAPHICO-PROPHETICA. III. EVANGELICO-APOSTOLICA. ODER BIBLISCHE WEISSHEIT... LÜNEBURG: JOHANN GEORG LIPPER, 1714

folio (364 x 230mm.), [12], 440pp., half-title, text in Latin and German, illustration: woodcut initials, engraved and woodcut illustrations, 35 engraved plates (4 folding), binding: contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red speckled edges, one plate loose, extremities slightly rubbed

NOTE

Reyher's Mathesis Mosaica, in which he attempted to reconcile contemporary scientific investigations with biblical dogma, was first published in 1679 (see Macclesfield Science P-Z, lot 1732).