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Rumphius' Orchids: Orchid Texts from "The Ambonese Herbal" 🔍
Rumphius, Georgius Everhardus; Beekman, E. M. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2003
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A feast for orchid enthusiasts, botanists, historians, and biodiversity researchers alike, Rumphius seventeenth-century study of tropical orchids is now available in English for the first time
Rumphius (16271702), founder of Indonesian botanical exploration and one of the greatest naturalists of the seventeenth century, was the first to describe tropical orchids in a Western language. Within the pages of his monumental seven-volume Ambonese Herbal, written in Dutch, he included descriptions of thirty-six species of orchids found on the island of Ambon in eastern Indonesia, plus twelve uncertified ones. His detailed descriptions reflect both the accuracy of a scientist and the sensibility of a poet. This lovely book is the first to gather and translate into English all the sections of Rumphius The Ambonese Herbal devoted to orchids. For each entry, Rumphius describes the plant, names it according to a pre-Linnaean system of nomenclature, gives its locality, and details its medicinal and non-medicinal uses. More than twenty beautiful line drawings accompany the entries. The volume includes ample notes to illuminate the text and an informative introduction that tells the life of Rumphiusa remarkable collector/naturalist who overcame fire, shipwreck, and blindness to produce his masterwork.
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Amboinsche kruidboek
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by Georgius Everhardus Rumphius; translated, edited, annotated, and with an introduction by E.M. Beekman
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Rumpf, Georg Eberhard, 1627-1702; Beekman, E. M., 1939-2008
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E. M. Beekman, Georgius Everhardus Rumphius
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E. M. Beekman, Georg Eberhard Rumpf
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Georg Eberhard Rumpf; E M Beekman
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Brandywine River Museum
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Mariners' Museum, The
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United States, United States of America
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New Haven, Connecticut, 2003
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New Haven, CT, c2003
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Annotated, PS, 2003
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September 10, 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-164) and index
Alternative description
Rumphius (1627-1702), founder of Indonesian botanical exploration and one of the greatest naturalists of the seventeenth century, was the first to describe tropical orchids in a Western language. Within the pages of his monumental seven-volume Ambonese Herbal, written in Dutch, he included descriptions of thirty-six species of orchids found on the island of Ambon in eastern Indonesia, plus twelve uncertified ones. His detailed descriptions reflect both the accuracy of a scientist and the sensibility of a poet. This lovely book is the first to gather and translate into English all the sections of Rumphius' Ambonese Herbal devoted to orchids.
<p>For each entry, Rumphius describes the plant, names it according to a pre-Linnaean system of nomenclature, gives its locality, and details its medicinal and non-medicinal uses. More than twenty beautiful line drawings accompany the entries.</p>
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A 17th century Dutch naturalist, Rumphius was the first person to describe tropical orchids in a Western language. The original seven volume work, the 'Ambonese Herbal', describes 36 species found on the island of Ambon, plus another 12 uncertified species
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li, 172 p. : 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-164) and index
date open sourced
2023-06-28
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