The Poison Tree; Selected Writings of Rumphius on the Natural History of the Indies

Beekman, E. M.; ( Editor and Translator )

ISBN 10: 0870233297 / ISBN 13: 9780870233296

Published by The University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, 1981

About this Item

First thus edition in fine condition, with a fine dust jacket. Edition with translated excerpts and illustrations from Rumphius' "Ambonese Herbarium" and "Curiosities". First volume of a 12 volume series on the natural history of the Indies. Foremost authority on the natural history of the Indies in his time, which was the late 17th century, and also a keen observer of ethnobotanical lore and information. xii, 260 pp. Botany, Ethnobotany, History, Anthropology, Natural History, Plants, Travel, Exploration, Indies, 17th Century.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Poison Tree; Selected Writings of Rumphius on the Natural History of the Indies
• Publisher: The University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870233297
• ISBN 13: 9780870233296
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Thus
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nature
  • History
  • anthropology/Sociology

About this title

Synopsis

Illustrated with sixteen plates from the first edition of Ambonese Herbarium, The Poison Tree demonstrates why Rumphius was the greatest authority on tropical flora of the time, exercising considerable influence on subsequent research, and recognized as a major source by specialists in the field. The work is also an intriguing source book on native use of plants in the seventeenth century, native customs, lore, religion, and historical information.

About the Author

E.M. Beekman is a poet and novelist who has published widely on Dutch culture and edited and translated anthologies of the writings of Paul van Ostaijen and Multatuli.