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The Poison Tree : Selected Writings of Rumphius on the Natural History of the Indies, Hardback Book

The Poison Tree : Selected Writings of Rumphius on the Natural History of the Indies Hardback

Part of the Library of the Indies series

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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.

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