Exquisite fine-line royalty-free images of flowers, plants and insect life in elegant full-page compositions. Reprinted from the illustrated works of the famed artist/entomologist, with new English captions.
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In 1660, at the age of thirteen, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) began her study of butterfly metamorphosis-years before any other scientist published an accurate description of the process. Later, Merian and her daughter ventured thousands of miles from their home in the Netherlands to the rainfor[...]
- The first full-size publication of the magnum opus of Maria Sibylla Merian, considered by none other than David Attenborough to be among the most significant contributors to the field of entomology- An intriguing work by one of the foremost female scientists of the 17th centuryMaria Sibylla Merian[...]