{"product_id":"the-surinam-album-limited-edition-folio-society-1560","title":"The Surinam Album - Limited Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216548577619,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421208461651,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1085\/2951\/6883\/files\/1560.jpg?v=1792532138","url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/the-surinam-album-limited-edition-folio-society-1560","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}