Albertus Seba
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Albertus Seba (1665-1736) was a zoologist who published an early Thesaurus of animal specimens.
The full name of the Thesaurus is, with a dual Latin–Dutch title, Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio — Naaukeurige beschryving van het schatryke kabinet der voornaamste seldzaamheden der natuur (Accurate description of the very rich thesaurus of (the most important) natural objects). Today, the original 446-plate volume is on permanent exhibit at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, Netherlands. Recently, a complete example of the Thesaurus sold for US$460,000 at an auction. In 2001, Taschen Books published a reprint of the Thesaurus.
[edit] External links
- Taschen Books: Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, Catalogue for Seba's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities on the Taschen website
- Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, Brooklyn-based folk/experimental music and art collective named after Albertus Seba's collection of oddities
- Cabinet of curiosities Web page of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek on the Thesaurus exhibitionde:Albertus Seba
