No. 140 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Starfish (Seba)
Pictures by Albertus Seba
A whole cabinet of starfish and brittle stars, in sandy browns, soft pinks and a striped teal, engraved for Albertus Seba's Thesaurus of Natural Curiosities in 1758. Seba was an Amsterdam apothecary who had his great collection of shells and sea creatures drawn and engraved, and the back adds that a starfish has a simple eye at the tip of each arm. For anyone who loves the sea.
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On the back
From the great natural-history books of the 1700s to the 1900s / STARFISH / Asteroidea / Starfish have no brain and no blood; they pump seawater through their bodies instead. At the tip of each arm there is a simple eye. / 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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