Maria Merian's Butterflies
Author | : Kate Heard |
Publisher | : Royal Collection Editions |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Animals |
ISBN | : 9781909741317 |
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"In 1699, the German artist and entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian set sail for Suriname, in South America. There she would spend two years studying the animals and plants which she encountered, aiming to explore the life-cycle of insects (then only partially understood). Those studies led to the publication of the Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (the Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname), a luxury volume which brought the wonders of Suriname to Europe."--