The Surinam Album Merian - Science - Folio Society 2006 Limited - Leather - VGC

The Surinam Album Merian - Science - Folio Society 2006 Limited - Leather - VGC

£441.99
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The Surinam Album Merian - Science - Folio Society 2006 Limited - Leather - VGC
Folio Society
Science & Nature

The Surinam Album

Maria Sibylla Merian

£441.99
Edition year 2006
Printing year 2006
First edition No
Binding Leather
Limited edition Yes
Weight 15 Kg
Pages 87
Dimensions V1: 54 × 37 cm; V2: 25.3 × 16.3 cm
Condition Very Good
Condition notes In very good overall condition. No.20, a few very small dents to the slipcase, small scuff and a few spots of faint stain to endpaper.

Edition details

The Surinam Album by Maria Sibylla Merian. Full size facsimile (original published 1700). 91 colour plates. Quarter bound in dark green leather with light brown image decorated cloth cover. Three loose art prints enclosed. Commentary volume by Julie Harvey 87pp. with map endpapers. Dark green Solander box 57x39.5x11.5cm. 12.1Kg. 1000 copies. (£590)

About the book

Maria Sibylla Merian's work on Surinam records the plants and insects she studied during her pioneering journey to the Dutch colony at the turn of the eighteenth century. Her detailed observations show butterflies, moths and other insects together with their host plants, emphasising metamorphosis and ecological relationships. Merian's combination of scientific observation and artistic skill made her one of the most important natural-history illustrators of her age.

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