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Cabinet of Natural Curiosities / Das Naturalien-kabinett / Le Cabinet des Curiosités Naturelles: Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri, 1734-1765

by Seba, Albertus

Publisher : Taschen
Illustrations : col illus

Description:

Text English, French and German. Albertus Seba's (1665-1736) Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is considered one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements. This work is a reproduction of all 449 plates from a hand-cloured copy at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague.

Includes two introductory chapters: 'Albertus Seba's Collection of Natural Specimens and its Pictorial Inventory' by Irmgard Müsch and 'The Zoology and Botany in Albertus Seba's Thesaurus' by Rainer Willmann and Jes Rust.