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