Rumphius, Georgius Everhardus (and Beekman, E.M.). The Ambonese Herbal. Being a Description of the Most Noteworthy Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, Land- and Water- Plants which are found in Ambonia and the surrounding Islands according to their Shapes, Various Names, Cultivation, and Use: Together with several Insects and Animals. 1st. Ed. thus Pub. Yale. 2011
Six volume set with b/w. plates throughout. 4to. New set - still in shrinkwrap.
Rumphius (1627-1702), a soldier and naturalist, arrived on the island of Ambon in Indonesia in 1653. His herbal masterpiece ran to twelve books plus an Auctuarium. ‘The Ambonese Herbal’ is the first time it has been published in English. With over 800 original illustrations, it describes more than 2,000 plants, their habitats and their economic and medicinal uses. The late E.M. Beekman added invaluable annotations throughout the Herbal.
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