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SEBA, Albert (1665-1736). Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio, per universam physices historiam. Amsterdam: J. Wetsteen, William Smith, and Jannsonius van Waesberge (vol. 1 and 2), Janssonius van Waesberg (vol. 3), and H.C. Arksteus, H. Merkus and Petrus Schouten (vol. 4), 1734-1765.
4 volumes, 2° (509 x 340mm). Engraved frontispiece after L.F. Dubourg by P. Tanji, portrait of Seba after J.M. Quinkard by J. Houbraken, 5 head-pieces by Tanji and 449 etched plates, including 175 double-page, by P. Tanji, A Van der Laan, F. de Bakker, A. van Buysen, de la Croix, J. Folkema, W. Jongman, F. Morellon, K.D. Ptter, J. Punt and J. van der Speyk. (Some short marginal tears, light mainly marginal spotting, some light browning, occasional light offsetting of plates and text). Contemporary motted calf, gilt spine (restored).
AN ATTRACTIVE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, WITH WIDE MARGINS. A sumptuous record of one of the great eighteenth century 'cabinet of curiosities' and one of the century's most desirable natural history books. Seba (1665-1736), a German-born apothecary and a wealthy member of the Dutch East India Company, practised in Amsterdam where his enormous wunderkammer became internationally famous as one of the city's essential sights. In 1717 his first collection was sold to Peter the Great of Russia. Most of the text of the first two volumes was written by Seba himself. After his death in 1736, publication could only be continued by using the proceeds of an auction of his second collection of curiosities. Seba's collaborators on the work included many noted scientists of the day, including H. Boerhaave, H.D. Graubius, P. Massuet and P. van Musschenbroek. Possibly the most important contribution was the description of fishes by P. Artedi who worked at the recommendation of Linnaeus (who declined an opportunity to participate himself). The plates depicts birds, mammals, insects, butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, spiders, millepedes, fish, molluscs, crustacea, minerals and fossils and sixty plates depicting some six thousand examples of shells in beautiful arrangements. The book is also popular for its illustrations of monsters and freaks of nature, including a seven-headed hydra and some almost unmentionable subjects which were probably the result of vivisection. Baron Cuvier re-issued the plates in Paris, 1827-1830. Anker 454; Pritzel 8562; Landwehr 179. (4)
4 volumes, 2° (509 x 340mm). Engraved frontispiece after L.F. Dubourg by P. Tanji, portrait of Seba after J.M. Quinkard by J. Houbraken, 5 head-pieces by Tanji and 449 etched plates, including 175 double-page, by P. Tanji, A Van der Laan, F. de Bakker, A. van Buysen, de la Croix, J. Folkema, W. Jongman, F. Morellon, K.D. Ptter, J. Punt and J. van der Speyk. (Some short marginal tears, light mainly marginal spotting, some light browning, occasional light offsetting of plates and text). Contemporary motted calf, gilt spine (restored).
AN ATTRACTIVE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, WITH WIDE MARGINS. A sumptuous record of one of the great eighteenth century 'cabinet of curiosities' and one of the century's most desirable natural history books. Seba (1665-1736), a German-born apothecary and a wealthy member of the Dutch East India Company, practised in Amsterdam where his enormous wunderkammer became internationally famous as one of the city's essential sights. In 1717 his first collection was sold to Peter the Great of Russia. Most of the text of the first two volumes was written by Seba himself. After his death in 1736, publication could only be continued by using the proceeds of an auction of his second collection of curiosities. Seba's collaborators on the work included many noted scientists of the day, including H. Boerhaave, H.D. Graubius, P. Massuet and P. van Musschenbroek. Possibly the most important contribution was the description of fishes by P. Artedi who worked at the recommendation of Linnaeus (who declined an opportunity to participate himself). The plates depicts birds, mammals, insects, butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, spiders, millepedes, fish, molluscs, crustacea, minerals and fossils and sixty plates depicting some six thousand examples of shells in beautiful arrangements. The book is also popular for its illustrations of monsters and freaks of nature, including a seven-headed hydra and some almost unmentionable subjects which were probably the result of vivisection. Baron Cuvier re-issued the plates in Paris, 1827-1830. Anker 454; Pritzel 8562; Landwehr 179. (4)
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