Specimen 1. Lesser Anteater. 2. Mongoose.

Seba's Cabinet of Curiosities was the result of a life time dedicated to research and study. Although it was common for apothecaries to collect natural specimens, Seba's collection was exceptional even his day, including many strange and unusual species, many of which are extinct today. Seba commissioned the four volume work himself, incorporating plants and animals on single plates, as well as fantastic beasts, such as the hydra and dragons.

Copper plate engraving on chain-linked paper, with fine later hand-colouring. Double-page plate in very good condition with full margins; Dimensions: image 430 x 550mm,(sheet 505 x 635mm, framed and glazed 595 x 730 mm.

Nissen (Die Botanische Buchillustration), pp. 169; Nissen, (Zoologische Buchillustration), 1969 pp. 378, 3793.