Butterflies and moths from around the world fill this stunning graphic collection of lepidoptera. Selected from a great eighteenth-century classic of natural history, the accurately rendered images depict a wide array of authentic winged beauties. Included in the set are a CD-ROM containing 490 high-quality, royalty-free designs scanned at 300 dpi and saved in TIFF format, perfect for use with all the most popular programs; and a large-format 48-page book with every image on the CD-ROM printed large and clearly and numbered for easy reference. Also included on the CD-ROM is Dover Design Manager, a simple graphics editing program for Windows. Ideal for scrapbooks, memory books, and other decorative uses, the attractive, detailed images will be valued by commercial artists and illustrators.

Butterflies and Moths CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)

Arts & Photography

Albertus Seba

Graphic Design

Dover Publications

Pp. 415; color frontispiece portrait of Albertus Seba, 15 text-figures (most in color), 450 full page color plates reproducing all of the original plates taken from the rare original volume housed in The Hague. Publisher's original color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), in matching color pictorial dust jacket, sm folio (13 3/8 x 9 inches). According the dust jacket flap, this volume reproduces one of the 18th century's greatest natural-history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural-history books of all time. Though it was common for men of his profession to collect natural specimens for research purposes, Amsterdam-based pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665-1736) had a passion that led him far beyond the call of duty. His amazing, unprecedented collection of animals, plants and insects from all around the world gained international fame during his lifetime. In 1731, after decades of collecting, he commissioned illustrations of each and every specimen and arranged the publication of a four-volume catalogue detailing his entire collection - from strange and exotic plants to snakes, frogs, crocodiles, shellfish, corals, insects, butterflies and more, as well as fantastic beasts such as a seven-headed hydra. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (The Colored Plates 1734-1765)

Taschen America, LLC

Set of 14 Framable Printings from the Cabinet of Albertus Seba. Size 12 x 15.5 inches

Natural Curiosities 14 Framable Prints From the Cabinet of Albertus Seba

Taschen Portfolio

Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of 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 it was common for men of his profession to collect natural specimens for research purposes, Amsterdam-based pharmacist Seba (1665–1736) had a passion that led him far beyond the call of duty. His amazing, unprecedented collection of animals, plants, and insects from all around the world gained international fame.
In 1731, after decades of collecting, Seba commissioned illustrations of each and every specimen and arranged the publication of a four-volume catalogue detailing his entire collection―from strange and exotic plants to snakes, frogs, crocodiles, shellfish, corals, insects, butterflies, and more, as well as fantastic beasts, such as a hydra and a dragon.
This superb, complete reproduction is taken from a rare hand-colored original. The introduction offers background information about the fascinating tradition of the cabinet of curiosities to which Seba belonged and an additional annex, written by contemporary biologists, provides descriptions of the marvelous and myriad specimens.

Albertus Seba. Cabinet of Natural Curiosities

Irmgard Musch

Rainer Willmann

Jes Rust

Taschen

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

Cabinet of Natural Curiosities