Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis : in qua origo, pabulum, transformatio, nec non tempus, locus & proprietates erucarum, vermium, papilionum, phalae-narum, muscarum, aliorumque hujusmodi exsanguium animalculorum exhibentur in favorem, atque insectorum, herbarum, florum, & plantarum amatorum, tùmetiam pictorum, limbolariorum, aliorumque commodum exactè inquisita, ad vivum delineata, typis excusa, compendioèque descripta

Title Variants

Alternative: Erucarum paradoxa metamorph
Uniform: Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumen-Nahrung

By

Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717

Merian, Dorothea Maria Henriette, 1678-1745 , translator
Oosterwyk, Johannes, active 1700-1737 , printer

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Amstelaedami, Apud Joannem Oosterwyk, cujus in Officina, hoc, tam figuris, ad vivum depictis, quam aeri solummodo incisis, ut & quaecunque opera alia per dictam Mariam Sibillam Merian unquam composita, prostant, [1718]

Notes

Translation of Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumen-Nahrung by Merian's daughter Dorothea Maria Henriette Merian.

Signatures: 1pi *⁴ A-H⁴ [$3 signed]

Engraved frontispiece, engraved headpiece above dedication, initials, tailpieces.

Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration (1951 edition), | 1342

Lloyd Library copy: Plates are uncolored.

Subjects

Development , Early works to 1800 , Insects , Lepidoptera , Metamorphosis , Pictorial works , Plants

BHL Collections

Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature
Women in Natural History

Call Number

QL466 .M564

Language

Latin

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.132924
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/06014929
OCLC: 270807685