No. 61 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Scallops and Cockles
Pictures by Albertus Seba
Rows of scallop and cockle shells in coral red, plum and gold fill this engraved plate from Albertus Seba's Thesaurus of Natural Curiosities of 1758. Seba, an Amsterdam apothecary, had his great cabinet of shells and sea creatures drawn and engraved, and the back adds that a scallop sees through up to two hundred tiny blue eyes. For someone who loves the seashore.
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From the great natural-history books of the 1700s to the 1900s / Scallops and Cockles / Pectinidae and Cardiidae / A scallop swims by clapping its shell shut, and watches the world through up to two hundred tiny blue eyes around its edge. / 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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