Rumphius' orchids: orchid texts from The Ambonese Herbal.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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 (1627-1702), founder of Indonesian botanical exploration and one..... More