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436 - RUMPF, Georg Eberhard *The Amboin Cabinet of Curiosities*, containing a description of all kinds of shellfish, both soft- and hard-shelled, namely rare crabs, lobsters, and similar marine creatures, as well as all manner of cones and shells found in the Ambon Sea: In addition, certain minerals, rocks, and types of earth [...]. Amsterdam: Fr. Halma, 1705; 3 parts with continuous pagination in 1 vol., folio: [34 incl. engraved title]–340–[43] pp.; 61 pl. (clear waterstains in the upper corner throughout, old manuscript notes on pl. 19, some modern notes in crayon on plates in the second part, occasional spotting). Contemporary sheepskin, spine with raised bands, gilt edges (front joint split, back joint beginning to split, some rubbing, corners missing). First posthumous edition of this important work on tropical marine life, especially shells, of the Molucca Islands (Indonesia). Rumpf (Latinized Rumphius, 1627–1702), the blind “Indian Pliny,” was stationed at Ambon in the service of the VOC. Engraved illustrations: title page by Jacobus de Later after Jan Goeree; title vignette; full-page portrait by J. de Later and F. Halma after P.A. Rumphius; 60 numbered full-page plates after Maria Sibylla Merian; and 5 headpieces and tailpieces. Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 3518. - Landwehr, VOC, 591. - STCN.
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RUMPF, Georg Eberhard *The Amboin Cabinet of Curiosities*, containing a description of all kinds of shellfish, both soft- and hard-shelled, namely rare crabs, lobsters, and similar marine creatures, as well as all manner of cones and shells found in the Ambon Sea: In addition, certain minerals, rocks, and types of earth [...]. Amsterdam: Fr. Halma, 1705; 3 parts with continuous pagination in 1 vol., folio: [34 incl. engraved title]–340–[43] pp.; 61 pl. (clear waterstains in the upper corner throughout, old manuscript notes on pl. 19, some modern notes in crayon on plates in the second part, occasional spotting). Contemporary sheepskin, spine with raised bands, gilt edges (front joint split, back joint beginning to split, some rubbing, corners missing). First posthumous edition of this important work on tropical marine life, especially shells, of the Molucca Islands (Indonesia). Rumpf (Latinized Rumphius, 1627–1702), the blind “Indian Pliny,” was stationed at Ambon in the service of the VOC. Engraved illustrations: title page by Jacobus de Later after Jan Goeree; title vignette; full-page portrait by J. de Later and F. Halma after P.A. Rumphius; 60 numbered full-page plates after Maria Sibylla Merian; and 5 headpieces and tailpieces. Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 3518. - Landwehr, VOC, 591. - STCN.
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