Cabinet Of Natural Curiosities
The cabinet of natural curiosities is one of the 18th century s greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time though scientists of his era often collected natural specimens for research purposes amsterdam based pharmacist albertus seba 1665 1736 was unrivaled in his passion.
Cabinet of natural curiosities. A cabinet of curiosities stored and exhibited a wide variety of objects and artifacts with a particular leaning toward the rare eclectic and esoteric. Cabinet of natural curiosities. Main sr only anker seba.
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Cabinets of curiosities also known in german loanwords as kunstkabinett kunstkammer or wunderkammer. 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. Welcome to the cabinet of curiosities.
Original edition us 200. The cabinet of natural curiosities of albertus seba 1665 1736 is one of the 18th century s greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Share share email share facebook share twitter.
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Supplier of skulls bones human skeletons ethnographic and antique natural history specimens. Though scientists of seba s era often collected natural specimens for research purposes. In stock add to cart.
New edition only us 70. This illustration shows the tiny scenes created by the anatomist frederick ruysch 1638 1731. Albertus seba s curious creatures.
Cabinets of curiosities also known as wonder rooms were small collections of extraordinary objects which like today s museums attempted to categorise and tell stories about the wonders and oddities of the natural world. Also cabinets of wonder and wonder rooms were collections of notable objects the term cabinet originally described a room rather than a piece of furniture modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history sometimes faked geology ethnography. Cabinet of natural curiosities image 7 seba.
A most unusual collection of natural specimens albertus seba s cabinet of natural curiosities is one of the 18th century s greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time though it was common for men of his profession to collect natural specimens for research purposes amsterdamba.
