Pritzel Refers to Georg August Pritzel, a famous 19th-century botanical bibliographer who likely cataloged this copy. QL 378 .R 85 1743 part

BY GEORG EVERHARD RUMPHIUS,

Doctor of Medicine from Hanau, Senior Merchant and Consul in Amboina, celebrated under the name of the "Indian Pliny," and Illustrious Member of the Academy of the Society of Nature Curiosorum of Germany,

THE AMBOINESE HERBARIUM,

Comprising many Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, Terrestrial and Aquatic Plants,

WHICH ARE FOUND IN AMBOINA,

AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS,

Most accurately described according to their forms, with their various names, cultivation, use, and virtues,

Which also furthermore exhibits

VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS AND ANIMALS,

Many depicted with their natural figures.

All collected with great labor and study over many years, and composed in twelve books.

Now for the first time published, and translated into the Latin language,

By the Care and Study of

JOHANNES BURMAN,

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE AND PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE AMSTERDAM MEDICAL GARDEN, FELLOW OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF NATURE CURIOSORUM;

Who added various Synonyms and his own Observations.

P A R T F O U R T H.

The following describes the decorative title engraving: An ornate copperplate engraving featuring a central panoramic view of a harbor filled with various sailing vessels, representing Amboina. The view is framed by an elaborate rococo border of scrolls, shells, and foliage. At the top center of the frame is a cartouche containing the word "AMBOINA". The frame is flanked by two seated figures in local attire: on the left, a woman holding a leafy branch with fruit; on the right, a man holding a long paddle. The engraving is signed at the bottom center: "I. Wandelaar designed and made this."

AMSTERDAM, { At the shops of FRANCIS CHANGUION, JAN CATUFFE, HERMAN UYTWERF.

THE HAGUE, { At the shops of PIETER GOSSE, JEAN NEAULME, ADRIAN MOETJENS, ANTHONY VAN DOLE.

UTRECHT, At the shop of STEPHEN NEAULME.

The Ambonese Herbal, Vol. 3