Record price set for superb pictorial record of celebrated 'Cabinet of Natural History' at Christie's in Paris
An exceptional copy of a celebrated pictorial record of a great 18th century 'Cabinet of Natural History' sold for a record €420,000 (£376,740) in a recent Christie's Paris sale.
Albertus Seba (1665-1736), an Amsterdam apothecary, made a fortune in the service of the VOC (the Du…