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1180 - D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer, behelzende eene beschryvinge van…
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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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: D... 3 parts with continuous pagination in 1 vol. folio: [34 incl. engr. title]-340-[25] pp; 61 plates (very few spots). - First posthumous edition of this important work on tropical marine life, esp. shells, of the Molucca Islands (Indonesia). Rumpf (Latinised Rumphius, 1627-1702), the blind (!) "Indian Pliny", was stationed at Ambon in the service of the VOC. Engr. ill.: title by Jacobus de Later after Jan Goeree, title-vign., full-page portrait by J. de Later and F. Halma after P.A. Rumphius, 60 numb. full-page pl. after Maria Sibylla Merian and 5 head- and tailpieces. - ref. Nissen (ZBI) 3518. - Landwehr, VOC, 591. - STCN.
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About the sale Prints & Drawings, Photographs & Comics, Rare Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, Surrealism, Congo, Erotica & Ballets russes
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Auction time 06/26/2026 at 1:00 PM
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