Georg Eberhard Rumpf 224980 — Amboinische Raritäten-Kammer . oder Abhandlung von den steinschaalichten Thieren welche man Schnecken und Muscheln nennet. Aus dem Holländischen übersetzt von Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, und mit Zusätzen aus den besten Schriftstellern der Conchyliologie vermehret von Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz

Kraussische Buchhandlung, 1766, 1e druk, Contemporary calf, richly gilt spine with five raised bands, red morocco title and date labels, red edges, First German edition of the conchological part of Rumphius’s celebrated D’Amboinsche Rariteitkamer, first published in Amsterdam in 1705, here translated from the Dutch by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller and augmented with additions by the conchologist Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz. Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627–1702), often called ‘Plinius Indicus’ (the ‘Pliny of the Indies’), spent most of his working life on Ambon in the service of the Dutch East India Company and devoted decades to the study of the natural history of the Moluccas. His Rariteitkamer is of particular importance as one of the earliest extensive and systematic accounts of the exceptionally rich marine fauna of the region, especially its shells and molluscs. The 33 finely engraved folding plates, numbered XVII–XLIX, are reversed copies of the corresponding plates in the original Dutch edition and illustrate a remarkable variety of shells and other marine specimens. Ref.: Nissen ZBI 3519., Goed