Author: Rumpf , Georg Eberhard (Creator); Meijndert Uytwerf ; Johannes Burman; Salomon Schouten, printers
Title: A Collection of Engravings from Georgii Everhardi Rumphii... Herbarium Amboinense, Plurimas Conplectens Arbores, Frutices, Herbas, Plantas Terrestres, Et Aquaticas, Quae in Amboina, Et Adjacentibus Reperiuntur Insulis, Adcuratissime Descriptas Juxta Earum Formas, Cum Diversis Denominationibus, Cultura, Usu Ac Virtutibus ; Quod Et Insuper Exhibet Varia Insectorum Animaliumque Genera, Plurima Cum Naturalibus Eorum Figuris Depicta ; Omnia Magno Labore Ac Studio Multos Per Annos Conlecta, Et Duodecim Conscripta Libris......... [the Herbarium of Amboine, Containing the Most Numerous Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, Terrestrial and Aquatic Plants, Which Are Found in Amboine and the Adjacent Islands, Most Carefully Described According to Their Forms, with Different Denominations, Culture, Use and Virtues; Which, Moreover, Exhibits Various Kinds of Insects and Animals, Most of Them Depicted with Their Natural Figures; All Collected with Great Effort and Study over Many Years, and Written Down in Twelve Books... ] First Edition
Description: Amsterdam: apud Meinardum Uytwerf- Johannes Burman, circa 1750. Engravings on 18th Century laid paper. 41 x 25.5cm. Each plate annotated in the lower margin in elegant 18th Century scholarly penmanship... Suite of 58 engraved plates from the Herbarium Amboinense of Rumph published by Joannes Burmann.. The complete work is illustrated with 700 plates with text in Latin and Dutch. This is a catalog of the flora of the island of Amboina in the Moluccas archipelago (present-day Indonesia). Expertise by : Amaury BONNETAIN. .

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