76/1654 [Conchology]. Rumphius, G.E. D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer, Behelzende eene Beschryvinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harde schaal visschen, te weeten raare Krabben, Kreeften, en diergelyke Zeedieren, als mede allerhande Hoorntjes en Schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche Zee vindt. Daar beneven zommige Mineraalen, Gesteenten, en soorten van Aarde, die in d'Amboinsche, en zommige omleggende Eilanden gevonden worden. Amst., F. Halma, 1705, 1st ed., (32),340,(44)p., engr. frontisp., portrait, 60 full-p. plates and 5 vignettes, contemp. hroan, folio.

- Partly sl. yellowed (incl. some plates); a few textpages sl. browned; hinges weak; some textleaves sl. frayed along outer edge; 19th cent. annots. and owner's entries in pen and ink on htitle. Binding worn along extremities.

= With the rare portrait. Nissen, ZBI 3518; Ruinen 26; Landwehr, VOC 591. The first edition of this fine work on shellfish, minerals, shells, stones, curiosities found on Ambon (Molluccas), where Georg Everhard Rumphius lived from 1653 until his death in 1702, in the service of the VOC. Cobres I, 104-105: "Berühmtes Handbuch der Konchyliologen (...) verdient die Aufmerksamkeit der Kenner." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.