As an apothecary in 18th century Amsterdam, Albertus Seba was at the forefront of the natural sciences, and acquired thousands of specimens from all over the world—butterflies, seashells, snakes, and even monstrous oddities—for his cabinet of curiosities. He also had them illustrated, and later catalogued his famed collection in four volumes. From the superb hand-colored copy held at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, Taschen reprinted Seba's 446 commissioned copperplate engravings in an enormous (and expensive) 2001 edition; it is presented here in a more manageable size, but with the same attention to color and detail.