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MEMOIR OF 
new designs were added to a second edition of the 
Surinam Insects, published two }’ears after the 
author’s death hy her youngest daughter, Dorothea 
Maria Henrietta. Tliey are twelve in number, 
making the entire amomit of plates seventy-two, 
but are regarded as very inferior in execution to the 
others. Another edition subsequently appeared at 
the Hague (1726) nith the text in Latin and 
French ; and mention is made of a fourth, ^vritten 
in the Dutch language, which is not, however, ac- 
counted of much value. 
Another work is occasionally refeiTed to as the 
production of Madam Merian, imder • the title of 
“ Histoire dcs Insectes de I’Europe dessines d’apres 
nature et expliques par M. S. Merian translated 
into Dutch and French by J. Marret (Amsterdam, 
1730 .) This we have had no opportunity of ex- 
amining, but it is said to be little more than a 
reprint of the Eruearum arlus, &c. with some 
additions and alterations. 
Many of this lady’s beautifiil drawings are still 
preser\'ed. A considerable number, purchased at 
a high price by Sir Hans Sloane, and subsequently 
deposited along ■with his other collections in the 
British Museum, are asserted, however, to exhibit 
traces of the graver*, but the colouring is entirely 
executed by her omi hand. These are done on 
* Surely there must be some mistake here, for if these 
coloured drawings be done on vellum, there can be no trace 
of the graver. 
