The splendid engravings in this historic book combine beautiful images of roses, butterflies, tulips, caterpillars, and other specimens of plant and insect life in elegant full-page compositions. Representing a notable achievement from a great age of floral painting and the engraver's art, they reach across the centuries to us with undiminished freshness and appeal, revealing the most delicate nuances of natural forms with a scientist's eye for precise detail. These fine works represent not only a high point in the history of botanical and zoological art but also an important advance in scientific knowledge as well. The artist, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), was one of the first observers to comprehend and record the metamorphoses of insects, most notably the emergence of the butterfly from its caterpillar and chrysalis phases. Her Erucarum Ortus, whose engravings were originally published in the years 1679–1717, was a substantial contribution to the science of entomology and helped lay the foundations for Charles Linnaeus's later work in the classification of plant and animal species. This edition combines all 154 original engravings from her three-volume work on the insects of Europe. Students and lovers of the natural sciences as well as those of the arts and crafts will find these dazzling works a rich source of information and delight. Graphic artists, textile designers, and others will find it a versatile and royalty-free design resource that will earn a treasured place on their library shelves.

Flowers, Butterflies and Insects: All 154 Engravings from "Erucarum Ortus" (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Arts & Photography

Merian, Maria Sibylla

Graphic Design

Dover Publications

Known for her scientific eye for precise detail, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) spared no expense to collect, study, and draw an incredible variety of plant and insect specimens. This easy-to-use archive is filled with 153 of her finest black-and-white engravings of roses, lilies, and carnations, plus more exotic flowers.Wonderfully accurate illustrations of butterflies, caterpillars, and other insects are also included. An excellent source of horticultural graphics, this remarkable collection will be treasured by craftspeople, art students, and natural historians.

Merian's Antique Botanical Prints (Dover Electronic Clip Art) (CD-ROM and Book)

History

Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium

Pion

The wondrous transformation of caterpillars: Fifty engravings selected from Erucarum ortus (1718)

Scolar Press]

Maria Sibylla Merian's Metamorphosis: One Woman's Discovery of the Transformation of Butterflies and Insects

Art Meets Science

A facsimile edition in two volumes of floral engravings, remarkable for its scientific accuracy, brilliant colours and delicate beauty by Maria Sibylla Merian. It reproduces the 1680 Nuremberg edition of the artist's "Neues Blumenbuch" now found in the State Library of Saxony, Dresden. More than three centuries after it was published, this collection is remarkable for its scientific accuracy, brilliant colours and delicate beauty. Merian abandoned traditional modes of illustration known in the 16th and 17th-century botanical treatises for more comprehensive balanced compositions. Only six copies of Merian's original engravings exist, and only one was hand-colored by the artist herself. Combining botanical accuracy with artistic quality she moved away from the method favoring single illustrations and instead fused tulips, peonies and lilies into a cacophony of color and detail. Merian recorded the beauty of these flowers meticulously, often emphasising their relationship to their natural surroundings by including butterflies, caterpillars, or insects in the work. Volume 1 comprises a 80-page facsimile with 36 color plates, including the original title sheet and preface by the artist. Volume II has a commentary in English and German with a contribution by Thomas Buerger and a biography of the artist.

Neues Blumenbuch.

Science & Math

Deckert, Helmut

Biological Sciences

Insel, Frankfurt

Das Insektenbuch =: Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (German Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Insel

Neues Blumenbuch

Themes

Insel Verlag GmbH

Das Insektenbuch

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