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Auction archive: Lot number 327

Rumphius (Georgius Everhardus

Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$12,821 - US$19,231
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 327

Rumphius (Georgius Everhardus

Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$12,821 - US$19,231
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Rumphius (Georgius Everhardus) D’Ambionsche Rariteitkamer: behelzende eene Beschryvinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harde Schaalvisschen, te weeten raare Krabben, Kreeften, en diergelyke Zeedieren…, FIRST EDITION, half title, hand coloured frontispiece, title in red and black with hand coloured vignettes, handcoloured text illustrations & 61 plates, many after Maria Sibylla Merian including author's portrait, occasional light spotting and staining, contemporary paneled calf, rebacked, folio, F. Halma, Amsterdam, 1705. *** Rumphius was employed by the Dutch East India Company and spent the greater part of his life on the island of Ambon, a small but important trading centre in the Dutch East Indies. He began a systematic study of the flora and fauna of this island, describing and drawing all he saw and sending his manuscripts to Amsterdam.

Auction archive: Lot number 327
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2019
Auction house:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
United Kingdom
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
Beschreibung:

Rumphius (Georgius Everhardus) D’Ambionsche Rariteitkamer: behelzende eene Beschryvinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harde Schaalvisschen, te weeten raare Krabben, Kreeften, en diergelyke Zeedieren…, FIRST EDITION, half title, hand coloured frontispiece, title in red and black with hand coloured vignettes, handcoloured text illustrations & 61 plates, many after Maria Sibylla Merian including author's portrait, occasional light spotting and staining, contemporary paneled calf, rebacked, folio, F. Halma, Amsterdam, 1705. *** Rumphius was employed by the Dutch East India Company and spent the greater part of his life on the island of Ambon, a small but important trading centre in the Dutch East Indies. He began a systematic study of the flora and fauna of this island, describing and drawing all he saw and sending his manuscripts to Amsterdam.

Auction archive: Lot number 327
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2019
Auction house:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
United Kingdom
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
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