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Maria Sibylla Merian

(Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717)

Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717) was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly. Merian was a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family. (From Wikipedia)

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The natural history of British moths, sphinxes, &c. Illustrated by thirty-two plates : with memoir and portrait of Madam Merian (W.H. Lizars; [etc., etc.], 1836), by James Duncan (page images at HathiTrust)

Books by Maria Sibylla Merian:

Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717: Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (in Dutch; Amsterdam: The author and G. Valck, ca. 1705) (multiple formats at archive.org)

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Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717: Amboinsche rariteitkamer of eene bescryvinge van allerhande schaalvisschen : benevens de voornaamste hoorntjes en schulpen, als ook zommige mineraalen, gesteenten, enz. (Gedrukt by François Halma, boekverkoper in Konstantijn den Grooten, 1705), also by Georg Eberhard Rumpf, François Halma, Heer Sipman, Jan Goeree, and Jacob de Later (page images at HathiTrust)
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717: Derde en laaste deel der Rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (Gedrukt voor den auteur ... Als mede by Gerard Valk ..., 1713), also by G. Valck and Dorothea Maria Henriette Merian (page images at HathiTrust)
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717: Europische insecten, naauwkeurig onderzogt, na 't leven geschildert, en in print gebragt (By J.F. Bernard, 1730), also by Jean Marret (page images at HathiTrust)
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717: Histoire générale des insectes de Surinam et de toute l'Europe. (L.C. Desnos, 1771), also by Jean Marret, Jean Rousset de Missy, and Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz (page images at HathiTrust)
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717: Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten, : waer in de Surinaemsche rupsen en wormen, met alle derzelver veranderingen, naer het leeven afgebeeldt, en beschreeven worden; zijnde elk geplaest op dezelfde gewassen, bloemen, en vruchten, daer ze op gevonden zijn; beneffens de beschrijving dier gewassen : waer in ook de wonderbare padden, hagedissen, slangen, spinnen, en andere zeltzame gediertens worden vertoont, en beschreeven (By Joannes Oosterwyk, boekverkoper op den Dam in de Boekzael ..., 1719), also by Frederik Ottens, Daniel Stopendael, Joseph Mulder, Peter Sluyter, Albert Seba, and Caspar Commelin (page images at HathiTrust)

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