Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio, per universam physices historiam : Opus, cui, in hoc rerum genere, nullum par exstitit
Seba's 1734 Amsterdam natural history atlas, printed by J. Wetstein and partners, was a pre-Linnean catalogue of the natural world made for collectors and scholars. Its plates show sea shells, corals, sponges and fossil-like forms drawn in muted browns, greys and rose tones, with specimens laid out in neat grids that suggest a useful model for botanical or specimen layouts.
