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Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium, or The transformation of Surinam insects, Amsterdam : Voor den auteur, als...

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Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium, or The transformation of Surinam insects, Amsterdam : Voor den auteur, als ook by G. Valck, 1705 (coloured engraving)
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Merian, Maria Sibylla Graff (1647-1717) / Swiss
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Smithsonian Libraries, Washington DC, USA
Medium
coloured engraving
Date
1705 AD (C18th AD)
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Maria Sibylla Merian voyaged at the age of 50 to the Dutch colony of Surinam in South America. She spent two years in the rain forest observing, collecting, and drawing insects and plants. Despite a few errors, her Metamorphosis, published after her return, is a masterpiece of both art and science. She was the first to record the full life cycle of many species of butterflies and moths.

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South America / America (continent) / book / animals / plants / insect / flower / zoological / flowers / insectorum / south america / plant / botany / illustrations / south american / metamorphosis / insects / botanical / zoology / surinam / illustration / suriname / surinamensium / transformation / Engraving / Mzengraving
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