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Passion flower and fruit with various insects 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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Citron bough with stages of caterpillar metamorphosis from Merian'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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Frog with tadpoles and eggs, hyacinth and insects, from Maria Sybilla Merien's Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten, Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, P

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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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Mantid and opossum from Maria Sybilla Merien's Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten, Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate 66

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

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Insects by Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 21 from Surinaemsche Insecten, 1719

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Insects by Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 18 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, 1719

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Insects by Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 1 from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1719

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Branch of Guava tree with Army Ants, Pink-Toe Tarantulas, Huntsman Spiders, and Ruby-Topaz Hummingbird, Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate 18

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Insects, Surinaemsche Insecten, Plate 56

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Insects by Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 38 from Surinaemsche Insecten, 1719

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Insects by Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 38 from Surinaemsche Insecten, 1719

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

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Insects, Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate 52

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Insects by Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 47 from Surinaemsche Insecten, 1719

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Plate 29 from Surinaemsche Insecten, by Maria Sibylla Merian, 1719

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

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

Date 1719

Artwork/Object Type Hand-colored engravings

Is Part Of Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

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 Baione, Tom, George F Barrowclough, Robin Beck, Joel Cracraft, Louise M Crowley, Niles Eldredge, Richard Ellis, et al. 2012. Natural Histories : Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library. Edited by Tom Baione. New York: Sterling Signature.

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