1. Armenian Serpent, 2. Apoa Serpent of Brazil, 3. Guacu Serpent of Brazil, 4. Frog-eating Serpent of Madeira. Tab. LI.

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• ARTIST: Albertus Seba

• PUBLISHER: Published in Amsterdam by J. Wetstein, G. Smith, and the Janssonio-Waesberg family

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: c. 1745

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 17 1/8 x 10 5/8" (43.5 x 27 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: This print is from Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri Accurata Descriptio, et Iconibus Artificiosissimis Expressio (Amsterdam, 1734–1765), Albertus Seba’s famous natural history atlas. Issued in four large folio volumes, it illustrates specimens from Seba’s renowned cabinet of curiosities, which included shells, birds, reptiles, insects, and exotic animals from around the world. The plates are engraved with great precision and often show unusual groupings that reveal both the collector’s eye and the taste of the period. Today the work is regarded as one of the most impressive achievements of eighteenth-century natural history publishing.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 16 x 21 inch archival mylar for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition save a single fox mark in lower. Modern hand coloring.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Animals & Insects , Reptiles and Amphibians