260 pages. Dust jacket shows a quarter inch closed tear along top fold. Jacket is otherwise bright, clean, and intact, and is now protected in a clear mylar sleeve.

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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 - Hard Cover

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good+

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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.

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