Bibliograph

Flowers, butterflies, and insects, all 154 engravings from "Erucarum Ortus", Maria Sibylla Merian

Type

Label

Flowers, butterflies, and insects, all 154 engravings from "Erucarum Ortus", Maria Sibylla Merian

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Flowers, butterflies, and insects

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Maria Sibylla Merian

Series statement

Dover pictorial archive series

Sub title

all 154 engravings from "Erucarum Ortus"

Summary

Fine-line images of roses, butterflies, tulips, caterpillars, and other specimens of plant and insect life in elegant full-page compositions. These plates are considered among the finest achievements of a great age of floral painting and the engraver's art. Reprinted from the classic, influential works of the famed artist/entomologist Merian (1647-1717). New English captions

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

All 154 engravings from "Erucarum Ortus"

Classification