Book ID: 76752
Rumphius, Georgius Everhardus
The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet (D'Ambo- insche Rariteitkamer). Translated, edited, annotated and with an introduction by E. M. Beekman. 1999. illus. CXII, 567 p. 4to. Cloth.
This is the first translation into Eglish of D'Amboinsche Rariteitkameroriginally published in 1705 in Dutch. The orginal edition is consideredto be the first modern work on the tropical fauna. The translation issupplemented by extensive annotations and background information.