Cabinet of natural curiosities 1734-1765 = Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri / Albertus Seba.
Material type: TextLanguage: English, French, German Original language: Latin Publisher: Köln : Taschen, [2005]Description: 543 p. : ill. (chiefly color) ; 21 cmISBN:- 9783836554374
- 3836554372
- 9783836523028 (paperback)
- 3836523027 (paperback)
- Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri. English
- 508 23
- QH41 .S4213 2015
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"Based on the copy in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague."
Includes bibliographical references.
This is Albertus Seba's unrivaled catalog of animals, insects and plants. Albertus Seba's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though scientists of his era often collected natural specimens for research purposes, Amsterdam-based pharmacist Seba (1665-1736) was unrivaled in his passion. His amazing collection of animals, plants and insects from all around the world gained international fame during his lifetime. In 1731, after decades of collecting, Seba commissioned careful and often scenic illustrations of every specimen. With these meticulous drawings, he arranged the publication of a four-volume catalog covering the entire collection from strange and exotic plants to snakes, frogs, crocodiles, shellfish, corals, birds. and butterflies, as well as now extinct creatures. This reproduction is taken from a rare, hand-colored original. The introduction supplies background information about the fascinating tradition of natural collections to which Seba's curiosities belonged. --
Text in English, German and French; captions in Latin, English, German and French.
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