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Title Pineapple (Ananas comosus) with Cockroaches (Periplaneta australasiae and Blattella germanica),Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate 1

Agent (Role) Finnin, Denis (Copy photographer), Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717 (Author)

Date 1719

Artwork/Object Type Hand-colored engravings

Physical dimensions 54 cm

Is Part Of Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Natural histories : extraordinary rare book selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library

Collection/Work Relation AMNH Library, RF-56-F: Merian, Maria Sibylla, Samuel Putnam Avery, Joannes Oosterwyk, Caspar Commelin, Albert Seba, Caspar Commelin, and Albertus Seba. 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.

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Repository American Museum of Natural History

Publication History Futter, Ellen V., and American Museum of Natural History Library. Natural Histories : Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library. Edited by Tom Baione. New York: Sterling Signature, 2012.

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