D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer :
behelzende eene beschryvinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harde schaalvisschen, te weeten raare krabben, kreeften, en diergelyke zeedieren, als mede allerhande hoorntjes en schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche zee vindt : daar beneven zommige mineraalen, gesteenten, en soorten van aarde, die in d'Amboinsche, en zommige omleggende eilanden gevonden worden : verdeelt in drie boeken, en met nodige printverbeeldingen, alle naar 't leven getekent, voorzien /
beschreven door Georgius Everhardus Rumphius ...

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Main Author
Rumpf, Georg Eberhard, 1627-1702.
Related Names
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.
Halma, François, 1653-1722.
Sipman, (Johan Philip), Heer 1666-1725.
Goeree, Jan, 1670-1731.
Later, Jacob de, d. 1704.
Language(s)
Dutch
Published
T' Amsterdam : Gedrukt by François Halma, boekverkoper in Konstantijn den Grooten, 1705.
Subjects
Cabinets of curiosities > Early works to 1800.
Mineralogy > Indonesia > Maluku > Early works to 1800.
Mollusks > Indonesia > Maluku > Early works to 1800.
Crustacea > Indonesia > Maluku > Early works to 1800.
Engravings > Netherlands > 18th century.
Note
Includes index.
"Beschryving en verdeeling der Amboinsche hoornen en schulpen, door den Heer Sipman": p. 167-193.
The majority of the plates are engraved by Jacob de Later, believed to be after illustrations by Maria Sybilla Merian.
Title printed in red and black; engraved title vignette; engraved head-pieces; woodcut decorative initials.
Added engraved title page included in pagination.
Includes added engraved title page by Jacobus de Later after Jan de Goeree and engraved portrait plate of Rumpf.
Errata: p. [43] at end.
Final page blank.
Signatures: *-4*⁴ 5*²(-5*²) A-3B⁴.
Physical Description
[34], 340, [44] p., [1], LX leaves of plates : ill. ; 42 cm (fol.)
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