Georg Eberhard Rumphius was a 17th-century Dutch botanist who spent most of his life in what is now Indonesia. He collected and documented thousands of plant specimens, many of which were previously unknown to Europeans. This book, edited by Carl Ludwig Blume, is a comprehensive collection of Rumphius' botanical works. It is an invaluable resource for botanists and historians of science.

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