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Merian, Maria Sibylla : Maria Sibyllan Merian: Die schönsten Tafeln aus dem Grossen Buch der Schmetterlinge und Pflanzen Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. Ausgewählt, eingeleitet und beschrieben von Gerhard Nebel

Hoffmann Und Campe Verlag, Hamburg, 1964

XL. Hardback slightly soiled white cloth portfolio with black paper spine and fore edge, gilt lettering, and red illustration. Bump/indentation to top edge of front of portfolio. Interior cardstock paper folder glued to inside of portfolio has small tears and creases along folded edges. Biographical information about Maria Sibylla Merian (a German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, who lived from 1647 to 1717) printed inside front cover in six languages. 61 page softbound folio with text in German has small creases on bottom page corners. 16 loose brightly colored plates (approx. 12 1/8" w x 17 7/8" h) of Merian's engravings: Pomeranze und Spiegeltrager; Granatapfelblute und Laternentrager; Batate und Spinner; Baumwollblatt-Jatropha und Schwarmer; Ingwergewachs und Castnia-Motten; Hibiskubluten und Schwalbenschwanz; Zedratzitrone und Bockkafer; Fledermausapfel und Gottesanbeterin; Mexikanischer Stachelmohn und Bockkafer; Bananenfrucht und Caligo; Passionsblume und Insekten; Gelbe Mombinpflaume und Blauling; Korallenbaum und Seidenspinner; Granatapfel und Blauer Morpho; Paprika und Schwarmer; Bluhende Banane und Automeris and one black and white plate: Guayave, Spinnen und Insekten. Plates have a very slight crease on the upper left corner. A beautiful collection, suitable for framing. Printed and bound in Belgrade.. Art. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Oversize Paperback

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