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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



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Rumpf , or Rumphius, George Ever- 

 hard [1626-1693] For a sketch of his 

 life, see Henschel, A. W. E. T. " Vita 

 G. E. Rumphii . . . acoedunt specimen 

 materiae Rumphianse medicse clavisque 

 herbarii et thesauri Amboinensis," &o. 

 1833. 8°. Also issued under the title 

 " Clavis Rumphiana botanica et zool- 

 ogioa, acoedunt vita G. E. Rum- 

 phii." For bibliography, see Rouffaer, 

 G. P., & MuUer, W. C, 1902.1. With 

 reference to the fate of Rumpf's collec- 

 tions, see Martelli, U., 1903.1; also 

 Targioni-Tozzetti, G., 1903.1 



D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer, 



behelzende eene beschryvinge van aller- 

 hande zoo weeke als harde schaalvis- 

 schen, te weete raare krabben, kreeften, 

 en diergelyke zeedieren, als mede aller- 

 hande hoorntjes en schulpen, die men 

 in d'Amboinsche zee vindt. Amster- 

 dam, 1705. xxviii, 340 p. 60 pis. ills. 

 fol. Pre-Linn, 1705.1 



Chap. Lxxxii, Dominees Steen. In pi. 59 

 are shown figures of Palmoniscus freieslebeni, 

 from the Permian, and of Leptolepis from the 

 lithographic stone of Solenhofen. 



This work as a whole or in its parts was often 

 reprinted in Dutch and in various versions. 

 Some editions of the original work are: Amster- 

 dam, 1741; Wien, 1766. The best known Latin 

 version is: 



Thesaurus imaginum piscium 



testaceorum, quales sunt cancri, echini, 

 &c. Lugduni Batavorum, 1711. 4, 15, 

 8 p. 60 pis. fol. Pre-Linn. 1711.1 



Consists of the plates only, with names of the 

 animals in Latin and Dutch. The fossil fishes 

 above referred to are included. 



Another ed., The Hague, 1739. 



Het Amboinsche kruid-boek, 



etc. G. E. Rumphii . . . Plerbarium 

 Amboinense, etc. 6 parts [in 4 vols.]. 

 Amsterdam, 1741-1755. 



Pre-Linn. 1741.1 



Not seen; apparently a Dutch-Latin version 

 of the above. 



Rumpler, Angelus (Abbot of Vorm- 

 bach-am-Inn) Geschichte des Klosters 

 zu Vormbach. [M. S. c. 1500.] 



Pre-Linn. 1500.1 



According to J. Wimmer in his "Geschichte 

 des deutschen Bodens," p. 389-392, an interest- 

 ing account of Bavarian fishes is contained in 

 this work. 



Russell, Alexander [c. 1715-1768] 

 An account of four undescribed fishes 

 of Aleppo. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 

 1756, 49, 445-449. Pre-Linn. 1756.1 



Three are silurids. No scientific names are 

 assigned. Descriptions and figures of these also 

 found in: 



The natural history of Aleppo, 



and parts adjacent. Containing a de- 



scription of . . . the principal natural 

 productions in its neighbourhood, etc. 

 London, 1756. viii, 266, 10 p. 16 pis. 

 4°. Pre-Linn. 1766.2 



Abstracted and reviewed in Com. de Rebus, 

 7. — Leipz. Gel. Anz., 1757. — Gott. Gel. Anz., 

 1757. 



A second ed. (revised & enlarged by P. Rus- 

 sell) in 2 vols., illust. London, 1794 (fishes, 

 vol. II, p. 207-219, pi.). German version, "Na- 

 turgeschichte von Aleppo." Gottingen, 1797- 

 98. 



It.uysch,Fredericics [1638-1731] The- 

 saurus animalium primus . . . Het eer- 

 ste cabinet der Dieren. Amsteloedami, 

 1710. Ivi, 40 p. 7 pis. 



Pre-Linn. 1710.1 



11 Asiatic & African fishes described. 

 Latin and Dutch in parallel columns. Copy 

 in A. M. N. H. 



Descriptio anatomica rajse (In 



Valentini, M. B. Amphitheatrum Zoo- 

 tomicum, 1720, pt. ii, 125. pi. 74.) 



Pre-Linn. 1720.1 



Ruysch, Henricus {filius Frederid) 

 [ -1727] Theatrum universale om- 

 nium animalium ... ex scriptoribus 

 tam antiquis quam recentioribus . . . 

 a J. Jonston colleotum, ac plus quam 

 trecentis piscibus nuperrime ex Indias 

 orientahbus allatis . . . cum enumera- 

 tione morborum . . . ac notitia ani- 

 malium . . . cura H. Ruysch, etc. 2 

 vols, [in 1]. Amstelodami, 1718. fol. 

 Pre-Linn. 1718.1 



Fishes found in vol. I. only. 

 For the most part an edition of Jonston. 

 (g. II.) 



CoUectio nova piscium Am- 



boinensium partim ibi ad vivum de- 

 lineatorum, partim ex museo Henri 

 Ruysch M.D. xx tabulis compre- 

 hensa (in his Theatrum universale om- 

 nium animalium, etc. Amstelodami, 

 1718). 40 p. 20 pis. 



Pre-Linn. 1718.2 



This is Ruysch' s own part of the "Theatrum 

 universale," but it is mainly taken from Renard 

 and Valentyn. The figures are gross caricatures. 

 See also Jonston, J., this section. 



Rzaczynski, Gabriel [ -1737] 

 Historia naturalis regni Poloniae, magni 

 Ducatus Lithuaniae, annexarumque 

 provinciarum, in tractatus xx divisa, 

 etc. Sandomiriai, 1721. 456 p. sm. 

 4°. Pre-Linn. 1721.1 



De fluminibus et piscibus. p. 131. De lacu- 

 bus, piscibus, etc. p. 153. 



• Auctarium historise naturalis 



curiosae regni Poloniae. 12 parts. Ge- 

 dani, 1736. 4°. Abstract in Erlang. 

 Gel. Zeit., 1755. Pre-Linn. 1736.1 



Other eds., Gedani, 1742 & 1745. 



