D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer

Behelzende eene beschryvinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harde Schaalvisschen, te weete raare Krabben, Kreeften, en diergelyke Zeedieren, als mede allerhande Hoorntjes en Schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche Zee vindt (...) Georgius Everhardus Rumphius, Amsterdam, Francois Halma, 1705.

First edition. Folio, leather, title in red and gilt stamping, marbled endpapers, illus. frontispiece, title in red and black with vignette, (28), 340, (43) p., portrait Georg Everhard Rumphius (1627 - Ambon 1702), complete with 60 copperplates. Rumphius was a German soldier, architect, geographer and merchant; however, he is mostly known for his work as a botanist. He stayed on Ambon for 49 years. Binding with minimal signs of use, the copperplates in strong prints, ex libris. Very good copy. Scarce.