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Albertus or Albert Seba (May 12, 1665, Etzel near Friedeburg – May 2, 1736, Amsterdam) was a Dutch pharmacist, zoologist, and collector. Seba accumulated one of the largest cabinets of curiosities in the Netherlands during his time.
Albertus or Albert Seba (May 12, 1665, Etzel near Friedeburg – May 2, 1736, Amsterdam) was a Dutch pharmacist, zoologist, and collector. Seba accumulated one of the largest cabinets of curiosities in the Netherlands during his time. He sold one of his cabinets in 1717 to Peter the Great of Russia.
In the eighteenth century, a European could know the world in great detail without ever leaving his homeland. Or he could, at least, if he got into the right industry. So it was with Albertus Seba, a Dutch pharmacist who opened up shop in Amsterdam just as the eighteenth century began.
Jul 22, 2015 · A selection of plates from Albertus Seba's cabinet of natural curiosities, focusing on his elaborate and highly decorative presentations of shells and other marine life.
May 15, 2019 · Albertus Seba. Cabinet of Natural Curiosities: The Complete Plates in Colour, 1734–1765 (New York: Taschen, 2001). Tomus III, Tabula 23. The aim for many collectors like Seba was to compile a sampling of specimens from the four corners of the earth that would serve as a microcosm for everything knowable in the natural world.
Jul 12, 2011 · A spectacular exhibition of 18th-century natural history, Cabinet of Natural Curiosities will enchant the curious cross-disciplinarian and bring a bygone era of scientific study back to life.
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Jan 17, 2013 · Such was the case with a famed apothecary from Amsterdam, Albertus Seba, and his cabinet of natural history curiosities. Today, we will examine what exactly was in Seba’s celebrated collection and see if we can still find hints of the fabulous, wondrous, exotic, and down-right strange.
