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MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN (1647-1717)

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

1705

RCIN 1085787

This is a rare counterproof edition of Merian’s Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, with the accompanying text in Latin. The plates were coloured by Merian and her daughters with care to replicate the colours of the insects depicted. Merian dedicated her publication ‘to all lovers and investigators of nature’.

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