Scarce frontispiece of Maria Sibylla Merian METAMORPHOSIS on Surinamese insects.
Title page of M.S. Merian, Recueil de Plantes de Suriname. 1771
Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717)
Maria Sibylla Merian was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly. Merian was a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family.
Recueil de Plantes de Suriname.
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Title page of M.S. Merian, Recueil de Plantes de Suriname.
Title: Recueil de Plantes de Suriname.
A Paris chez Desnos Libraire et Ing. Géog. Rue St. Jacq. au Globe.
Date: 1771.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 445 x 310mm (17½ x 12¼ inches).
Sheet size: 500 x 330mm (19¾ x 13 inches).
Condition: Hand-coloured, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: Merian M. S. Histoire Générale des Insectes de Surinam et de toute l'Europe ... Paris, L.C. Desnos, 1771.
Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717)
Maria Sibylla Merian was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly. Merian was a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family.