Author: Merian, Mariam Sibyllam.
Title: METAMORPHOSIS INSECTORUM SURINAMENSIUM. In qua Erucæ ac Vermes Surinamenses, cum omnibus suis Transformationibus, ad vivùm delineantur & describuntur, singulis eorum in PLantas, Flores & Fructus collocatis, in quibus reperta sunt; Tum etiam Generatio Ranarum, Busonum rariorum, Lacertarum, Serpentum, Araneorum & Formicarum exhibetur; Monia inm America ad vivùm naturali magnitudine picta atque descripta. PLATE volume [only, lacking text volume].
Description: Pion Limited, 1980. Facsimile Reprint of 1705 Ed. Folio. [viii]pp. 60 colour plates. Title page sl. marked. Stitched only, not bound. ¶ An Un-Numbered copy of a Limited Edition of 950 of a larger Limitation of 990 Copies. The facsimile colour plates have been made from original paintings in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen. Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to observe insects directly. In 1699, Merian travelled to Dutch Guiana to study and record the tropical insects native to the region. In 1705, she published Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. Merian's Metamorphosis has been credited with influencing a range of naturalist illustrators. Because of her careful observations and documentation of the metamorphosis of the butterfly, Merian is considered by David Attenborough to be among the more significant contributors to the field of entomology.

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; INSECTS AND SPIDERS


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