TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seba,Albertus
TI  - Cabinet of natural curiosities 1734-1765 =: Das Naturalienkabinett = Le Cabinet des curiosités naturelles = Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri 
T2  - Bibliotheca Universalis
SN  - 9783836558099
U1  - R 508 22
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Colonia, Alemania
PB  - Taschen
KW  - ARMARC
KW  - Ciencias naturales
KW  - Obras ilustradas
KW  - Obras anteriores a Linneo
N2  - This is Albertus Seba's unrivaled catalog of animals, insects and plants. Albertus Seba's Cabinet of NaturalCuriosities is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized naturalhistory 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
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