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Merian, Maria Sibylla

Schmetterlinge Kafer und andere Insekten, 1976

Estimate

€ 100 - 120

Sold

€ 128

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Dresden, Leipzig, 1976. 300 x 215 mm. Half leather and marbled paper binding, commentary, all in a brown cardboard box.

Specialist Notes

Also called Leningrad Studienbuch, the work of the German-born naturalist and painter Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) is a colossal work resulting from 25 years of studies on insects, in particular caterpillars, butterflies and beetles.