A stunningly illustrated, sumptuously bound and complete four-volume record of Albert Seba’s great ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’, published in the years 1734-65 as Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri, features in an online story on antiquestradegazette.com
That exceptional work sold for a record €420,000 (£376,740) in a Sotheby’s Paris (25/20/12.9% buyer’s premium) sale of November 28.