Two illustrated works on marine life
Amboinische Raritäten-Cammer oder Abhandlung von den steinschaalichten Thieren, welche man Schnecken und Muscheln nennet [...].
Folio. Engraved title-page, (20), CXXVIII, (2), 200, (2) pp. With 2 heraldic engravings and 33 engr. plates.
(Bound with) II: Valentijn, François. Abhandlung von Schnecken, Muscheln und Seegewächsen, welche um Amboina und den umliegenden Inseln gefunden werden. Als ein Anhang zu G. E. Rumphs Amboinischen Raritätenkammer [...]. Ibid., 1773. VIII, 148 pp. With 18 (2 folding) engr. plates. Contemporary calf with label to gilt spine.
$9,159.00
First German edition. The Hessian scientist Rumpf had come to Ambon Island (part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia) in 1635 as a member of the Dutch East India Company. His description of Ambonese seashells remains a classic of early marine biology. The plates of this edition are reversed copies of plates 17-49 of the Dutch original, published in 1705.
II: First German edition of the "Verhandeling der Zee-Horenkens en Zee-Gewassen" (1754). Valentijn was a preacher in the Ambon and Banda Islands and published an important description of East India.
Engravings of I bound at the end of the text. Second dedication leaf slightly spotty; otherwise very clean. Several engravings show slight creases to the margins. Several gatherings in II slightly browned. Binding slightly scuffed; spine and hinges restored, using mainly the old material.
Altogether a very nice copy.
I: Ebert 19609. Landwehr, VOC 593. Graesse VI.1, 192. Nissen, ZBI 3519.
II: Nissen, ZBI 4215.
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