No. 68 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Sand Dollars and Sea Biscuits
Pictures by Albertus Seba
Rows of sand dollars and sea biscuits in soft browns and sea greens, engraved for Albertus Seba's Thesaurus of Natural Curiosities in 1758. Seba was an Amsterdam apothecary who had his great cabinet of shells and sea creatures drawn, and an old legend holds that a broken sand dollar releases five small doves of peace. For someone who loves the beach.
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From the great natural-history books of the 1700s to the 1900s / Sand Dollars and Sea Biscuits / Echinoidea / Sand dollars live half buried in the sand. When one breaks, five small white pieces fall out, which an old legend calls the doves of peace. / Thesaurus of Natural Curiosities, vol. 3, 1758 / Albertus Seba, an Amsterdam apothecary, had his great cabinet of shells and sea creatures drawn and engraved.
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