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A cosmological plan detailing Copernicus' astronomical vision, surrounded by diagrams of the systems of Ptolemy and Tycho Brahe ; astronomical figures line the circle. Line engraving by J.A. Fridrich after J.M. Füssli, 1732.

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.

Johann Jacob Scheuchzer, holding a thistle. Line engraving by J. Nutting, 1723, after M. Füsslinus.

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Füssli, Johann Melchior, 1677-1736

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A cosmological plan detailing Copernicus' astronomical vision, surrounded by diagrams of the systems of Ptolemy and Tycho Brahe ; astronomical figures line the circle. Line engraving by J.A. Fridrich after J.M. Füssli, 1732.

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.

Johann Jacob Scheuchzer, holding a thistle. Line engraving by J. Nutting, 1723, after M. Füsslinus.

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.