A fossilized human flood victim
Homo diluvii testis. Bein-Gerüst, Eines in der Sundflut ertrunkenen Menschen... Ex Museo Joh. Jac. Scheuchzeri. Zürich zu finden bey David Reding(er), Formschneider. Im Jahr nach der Sundflut MMMM XXXII.
Zürich: Formschneider, 1726. Broadsheet (598 x 430 mm) on thick laid-paper with 74-line explanation beside a generously woodcut representation of a fossil skeleton by David Reding after Scheuchzer. Disbound single sheet with two vertical and single horizontal fold, cut-out at upper left margin (well outside text field), little browning at..... More