Flowers, Butterflies and Insects
All 154 Engravings from "Erucarum Ortus"
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Clip Art, Science & Nature, Nature, Plant Life, Flowers
| Author: | Maria Sibylla Merian | ISBN: | 9780486155517 |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications | Publication: | January 23, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications | Language: | English |
| Author: | Maria Sibylla Merian |
| ISBN: | 9780486155517 |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications |
| Publication: | January 23, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications |
| Language: | English |
Fine-line images of roses, butterflies, tulips, caterpillars, and other specimens of plant and insect life in elegant full-page compositions. These plates are considered among the finest achievements of a great age of floral painting and the engraver's art. Reprinted from the classic, influential works of the famed artist/entomologist Merian (1647–1717). New English captions.
Fine-line images of roses, butterflies, tulips, caterpillars, and other specimens of plant and insect life in elegant full-page compositions. These plates are considered among the finest achievements of a great age of floral painting and the engraver's art. Reprinted from the classic, influential works of the famed artist/entomologist Merian (1647–1717). New English captions.
