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Title page of Maria Sybilla Merien's Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten

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Coral tree branch with caterpillars and emperor moths from Merian's Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten

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Frontispiece showing Merian with cherubs preparing specimens from Merian's Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten

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Citron bough with stages of caterpillar metamorphosis from Merian's Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten

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Moth metamorphosis and winged insects with passion flower, explanation plate to right, from Merian's Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten

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Explaination of plate 21, corresponds with images of the passion flower from Merian's Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten

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Title Giant sphynx moth and ghost orchid from Merian, Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten

Description Chrysalis on bottom

Agent (Role) Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717 (Author)

Date 1719

Is Part Of Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth, Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten

Collection/Work Relation AMNH Library, RF-56-F: Merian, Maria Sibylla. 1719. Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten, : waer in de Surinaemsche rupsen en wormen, met alle derzelver veranderingen, naer het leeven afgebeeldt, en beschreeven worden; zijnde elk geplaest op dezelfde gewassen, bloemen, en vruchten, daer ze op gevonden zijn; beneffens de beschrijving dier gewassen. Waer in ook de wonderbare padden, hagedissen, slangen, spinnen, en andere zeltzame gediertens worden vertoont, en beschreeven.. t'Amsterdam, : by Joannes Oosterwyk, boekverkoper op den Dam in de Boekzael: Alwaer dit werk, ... te bekomen zyn.

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Repository American Museum of Natural History

Publication History Engel, Michael S., and Tom Baione. 2018. Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth. New York: Sterling, p. 193.

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