[Scorpion eating snakes and others]. TAB. XI. [from] Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri.

SEBA, Albertus.

Published by AmsterdamJ. Wetstenium & Gul Smith & Janssonio-Waesbergios. ., 1735

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Full-page copper engraving. Overall paper size 50 x 33 cm, image 43 x 28 cm. Figures: 1,2: Western shovelnose snake; 3: American snake; 4: Scorpion eating snake; 9: Spring heath. Very good condition. Seba, the son of a Frisian peasant, was an apothecary who became rich in the service of the Dutch East India Company. Described as a 'prototypical collector' of natural curiosities and exotic species, his collections ranged from the beautiful to the obscure, including birds, reptiles, lizards and snakes, butterflies and other insects, shells and exotic sea life, unusual mammals such as bats and anteaters, as well as exotic plants. His collection also included some fantasy animals, intended to attract attention and interest, such as a seven-headed hydra.

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[Scorpion eating snakes and others]. TAB. XI. [from] Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri.
Author
SEBA, Albertus.
Publisher
AmsterdamJ. Wetstenium & Gul Smith & Janssonio-Waesbergios. .
Publication year
1735
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NATURAL HISTORY, Reptiles

Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB

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