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Insects of Surinam Title: Fine hand colored engraving published in Maria Sybilla Merian's series 'Insects of Surinam'. The plates were mostly engraved by Jan Pieter Sluyter and Joseph Mulder, after drawings of Maria and Johanna Merian. Artist: Merian, Maria Sybille Published: Amsterdam, Date: 1705/19 Size: [ cm] Technic: Copper engraving / handcolored. Description: Engraved by J. Mulder. A fine engraving from M.S. Merian's classic work. Maria Sybilla Merian, daughter of the German engraver and publisher Matthaeus Merian, devoted herself to the study of European insects and their metamorphoses. As a result of the wealth of tropical varieties being brought back by the Dutch West Indies Company, she decided to visit the Dutch colony of Surinam herself to study and paint the insect life there. She sailed with her daughter Dorothea in June 1699 from Amsterdam, and remained in Surinam until 1701. Also Maria Sybilla Merian's elder daughter Johanna went to Surinam to complete her mothers work. Notes: In very good to excellent condition. Condition: VG/Excellent Reference: Plate No. 3 Price: /
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