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.
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.
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