From the eighteenth century's most important natural history collection--and one of the all-time greatest compilations of its kind--comes this remarkable book. Amsterdam-based pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665-1735) spent most of his life acquiring thousands of specimens of animals, plants, and insects from around the world. In 1731, he commissioned illustrations of every item in his collection. The vivid, detailed, and meticulously accurate images that appear in this volume feature: 240 full-color illustrations of reptiles A riot of brilliant colors, shapes, and sizes Magnificent reproductions from rare originals Unlimited potential as graphic and decorative elements in art, craft, and educational projects

Seba's Snakes and Lizards: 240 Illustrations (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Arts & Photography

Seba, Albertus

History & Criticism

Dover Publications

The exotic illustrations in this remarkable collection were selected from one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Compiled by an eighteenth-century pharmacist, the images of shells, fish, starfish, coral, plants, and other forms of sea life were part of an unprecedented four-volume catalog that was a work of art in its own right. Included in the present collection are a CD-ROM containing 583 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 on one side of the page only and numbered for easy reference Also included on the CD-ROM is Dover Design Manager, a simple graphics editing program for Windows. Ideal for use by hobbyists in a host of craft projects, these detailed drawings will be of special value to commercial artists and illustrators.

Sea Creatures CD-ROM and Book

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

Le Cabinet des Curiosites Naturelles d'Albertus Seba

Willmann, Rainer

Müsch, Irmgard

Taschen

A most unusual collection of natural specimens 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. This title contains a glorious selection of butterflies from the four-volume catalog published by Amsterdam-based pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665-1736).

Seba, Butterflies

Rust, Jes

A most unusual collection of natural specimens 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. This title contains highlights from the shells and corals section of the four-volume catalog published by Amsterdam-based pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665-1736).

Seba, Shells & Corals

Photography & Video

Albertus Seba's curious creatures: a most unusual collection of natural specimens 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 it was common for men of his profession to collect natural specimens for research purposes, Amsterdambased 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, Seba commissioned illustrations of each and every specimen and arranged the publication of a four-volume catalog 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. Seba's scenic illustrations, often mixing plants and animals in a single plate, were unusual even for the time. Many of the stranger and more peculiar creatures from Seba's collection, some of which are now extinct, were as curious to those in Seba's day as they are to us now. This 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's curiosities belonged.

Das Naturalienkabinett: Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri, 1734-1765; Nach Dem Original Aus Der Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

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