Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, in qua origo, pabulum, transformatio ... tempus, locus et proprietates erucarum, vermium, papilionum, phalaenarum, muscarum, aliorumque hujusmodi exsanguium animalculorum exhibentur / [Maria Sibylla Merian].

  • Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717
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Amsterdam : J. Oosterwyk, [1718]

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5 unnumbered leaves, 64 pages : frontispiece, engr. t.ps., plates, portrait ; (4to)

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Translated from the German and pt. III added by the author's daughter, D.M.H. Graf
Based on the Dutch ed., published in 3 pts. 1713-17. In this ed. the three parts of text are no longer bibliographicly distinct but the plates remain in three sequences, each with separate engr. t.p. (without lettering)
Copy 1 Note: Port., pts. ii-iii of plates and engr. t.ps. to all three pts. wanting.

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