Cabinet of Natural Curiosities. Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri 1734-1765.

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Koln: Taschen (2001). Folio. Orig. illustrated boards. In matching dustjacket. (586pp.). Profusely illustrated mostly in colour with frontispiece portrait full-page and double-page plates large folding plates text-illustrations and additional colour title-page. Housed in original printed titled box as issued. 1st Taschen Edition. Fine. NOTE: Albertus Seba (1665-1736) was an Amsterdam-based pharmacist whose remarkable collection of flora and fauna from around the world gained international fame during his lifetime. Seba's "Cabinet of Natural Curiosities" is one of the greatest accomplishments of the 18th century and to this day it numbers among the most esteemed natural history books of all time.