Millipedes and Centipedes. Tab. LXXXIX.

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• ARTIST: Albertus Seba

• PUBLISHER: Published in Amsterdam.

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: c. 1745

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 16 1/4 x 10 1/4" (41.3 x 25.9 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: From Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri… Plate LXXXIX shows millipedes and centipedes, engraved with great care to capture their segmented forms. Published between 1734 and 1765, Seba’s Thesaurus is famed for its vivid hand-colored plates, uniting scientific study with artistic wonder.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 14 x 21 inch archival mylar for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition save a light crease in outer lower left margin. Modern hand coloring.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Animals & Insects , Other Insects