[Indonesia] [Botany] Beekman, E.M., translator. The Ambonese Herbal Georgius Everhardus Rumphius. New Haven, Yale University, 2011. Vols. 1-6. Hc. All like new, still shrink wrapped. Modern translation of Rumphius' well-known Het Amboinsche kruidboek or Herbarium Amboinense, a catalogue of the plants of the Ambon Island. (total 6)

BEAULIEU, Augustin de De rampspoedige scheepvaart der Franschen naar Oostindien, onder't beleit van de heer generaal Augustyn van Beaulieu, met drie schepen, uyt Normandyen [...]. Amsterdam J. Rieuwertsz and P. Arentsz 1669 4to: [4]-170 pp.; 7 pl. (1 pl. missing, occ. spotting). Mod. marbled paper, flat spine with leather title label. Rare first Dutch translation (and probably only seperate ed.) of this travel account first published in Thevenot's "Relations de divers voyages curieux" in 1664. It narrates the expedition to the East Indies by August de Beaulieu (1589-1637), French general and commander of the "Fleet of Montmorency", named after its sponsor. With 2 ships captured by the Dutch, the expedition was not entirely successful. Beaulieu wrote in great detail about the journey and his stay in Aceh (Indonesia). Ill. with 7 copper-engr. pl. Ref. Tiele 80. - STCN.