RUMPHIUS, G.E. D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer, behelzende eene beschryvinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harde schaalvisschen, te weete raare krabben, kreeften, en diergelyke Zeedieren, als mede allerhande hoorntjes en schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche Zee vindt: Daar benevens zommige mineraalen, gesteenten, en soorten van Aarde, die in de Amboinsche, en zommige omleggende eilanden gevonden worden. Amst., J. Roman de Jonge, 1741. (24), 340, (43) pp. W. engr. front. dep. a 'Wunderkammer', engr. ti-vign., engr. portr. of the (blind) author, 5 engr. vignettes & 60 plain engr. plates depicting hard and soft shellfish, rocks, minerals and fossils. Fol. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt back and red label, uncut. (Bottom of spine a bit dam., corners bumped, unobtrusive waterstain in upper blank margin at the beginning and end, else a fine and complete copy with strong imprints of the magnificent and detailed plates).
Second edition in Dutch of this magnificent classical work on marine life of the Moluccas. Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1628-1702), nicknamed 'Plinius Indicus', was one of the great tropical naturalists of the seventeenth century. He went in service of the Dutch East-India Company as a merchant on the island of Ambon, sailing off in 1652, and became subprefect later. He started to research the flora and fauna of the island and its surroundings. He became blind in 1670 but was able to continue his studies with the aid of an assistant for ordering his collections and annotations. - Nissen, ZBI II, 3518; Landwehr, VOC, 591.€ 2400
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