doctor (!) who lived many 

 s, was published in 1705, 

 Father of Natural History" 



who referred to the figures in that work to ülustrate a part 

 designed to make Paris the centre of science and 

 returned, and that during these 



, the „Rariteit Kamer" 



transfers 



was made by Rumphius, , 



or Chamber of Curiositi 



issued bij Linnaeus, th< 



When Holland became"a province of Franc. 



ït is said that this collection was taken from Leyden I 



proportion of the specimens disappeared ; and that, finally, what was left of this valuable collection . 



estore K • and partly to bring into our own country such a Standard collection, 



for the shells figured in the „Rariteit Kamer", on the very points and headlands, and in the very 

 found." (p. 13-14). Terwijl de eerste woorden van zijn Prefae, evenz r ziin 1 he object of my 



:ollect the shells figured in Rumphius's „Rariteit Kamer"." ( p. 5.) Desgelijks ook p. 29. 



J - xhelpen op Amboina: „At first I bought" I . until all the 



the natives the figures in RrMi'iurs's „Rariteit Kamer" of those species I still 

 price for others not represented in that rum • leiism work. One species 



museum at Leyden. It was partly 

 that I was going to search myself 

 bays, were Rumphius's specimens wer 

 voyage to Amboina was simply to re-collect the she 

 Dan vertelt hij verderop, van zijn manier van opkoo, 

 more common species had been obtained, and then *I si 

 wished to secure, and at the same time offered them an 

 I - rtinilnrb nxious to secure alive. It was the 



great 



The fin 





shores of Amboina and 



found at this place, and a description and drawing were' gi ven by Rumphius." (p. 1 

 :r my arrival, to [ight, a native brought me one still living" (p. 13 



re not only to obtain the same shells that Rumphius figures, but to procure them froi 



no doubt about the identity of niv specimens wit ti lus tiraumgs. I therefore proposed 

 e neighboring islands, and trade with the natives of every village, so as to be sure of 



Dan, sprekende over de glazen ringen die hij als groote poesaka's in het bezit had gevond 

 („Assüulu"), en die van Ceram heetten te komen: „When I returned to the city of Amboina, 



confident that Rumphius would explain this remarkable and, as I aftervvard found, common belief Ru 



were brought by the Portuguese and sold to the natives, who prize them very highly." (p. 152.) 

 Dan spreekt hij op p. 154 even over de beschrijving door R. van den kruidnagelboom 

 Daarna van de uitnoodif'- 



localities my- 

 hoofd („rajah") van Asiloeloe 



-ome species ; 



diging die hij 

 happy 



upain 



e. of - 



Amboina: „T\v( 



Amboina, and I had not only collected all the shells figured in Rumphius's „Rariteit Kamer". 

 uce as many species besides. I was therefore ready to visit some other localitv, and turn my 1 



- de Oelia 

 months hac 



different branch of natural 





■.• !*:v :, 



Ambon, 





aldaar, het laatste komt wat hij over Rumphius vertelt, 

 helft van zijn boek noemt hij Rumphius dan niet meer. 

 eenige dikke fouten. Datgene wat over het vinden van het graf van R. handelt, werd reeds — niet geheel 

 ir Leupe, p. 31; maar dan volgt bij Bickmore het zoogenaamde p-afschrift van R.UMPHIUS, wat een ware 

 n door Leupe op eigen houtje verbeterd werd, zónder dat deze dal vertelde. Het is interessant B11 UiORK'S cacographie 

 - Sal. Muller dien bewaarde in zijn Land- en Volkenkunde, ed. Temminck, Leiden 



(ook. 



fout, 



druk, Amsterdam 1857, II, p. 



Bickmore in 1868: (p. 

 oriae sacrum Georgii Eve 

 botanica et historica (!) naturali 



temporis calamitate et sacrilegia 



pietatem reverentiamque public 



Muller in 1844: (fol. 114) 



„Memoriae sacrum 



Georgii Everardi 



Rumphii 



de re botanica et historia naturali 



temporis calamitate et sacrilega manu 



Totius Indiae 



pietatem reverentiamque public 





■ gesierd wordt d 

 teeds bij zich h 



ÜnlHu-niphieNan 



iciteerenü Prof. 



uiea et Historia 

 || et. || ad Pietat 

 Indiae. Belgiaequ 



^umhj t O^time M, 



Amboinae A. D. Mensis Aprilis ] ) 

 Anno Domini MDCCCXXIV. 

 een paar fiksche fouten, hoezeer Bicrm 

 Zoo spreekt hij van „his death, which occurred 



;. '!■.■'■'. :■■• • - 



.ndum :. II. M. i, Ip.-e c»:i>tvr:ni;^ f. :.:.::. A\ v. . ; ■ 



zeer goed mogelijk, c 



