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4.34.3 out of 5 stars. A biography of artist Maria Sibylla Merian, born in , showing how she developed a scientific study of insects and other creatures centuries ahead of her time that provided groundbreaking knowledge.

1675-1680: Blumenbuch (Book of Flowers)

Maria Sibylla Merian was the first woman to journey to the Americas for scientific purposes and one of the leading entomologists of the Enlightenment.

In 1705, she published Metamorphosis Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April – 13 January ) [1] was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly.

Science and art combine in Maria Sibylla Merian (born April 2, , Frankfurt am Main [Germany]—died January 13, , Amsterdam, Netherlands) was a German-born naturalist and nature artist known for her illustrations of insects and plants.

See 1 Edition from CHRYSALIS, MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN AND THE SECRETS OF METAMORPHOSIS (Harcourt, ) looks at the life of a pioneering explorer/ naturalist who traveled to South America in to study insect metamorphosis. The story also traces ideas about metamorphosis through time.

Follow Maria Sibylla Merian and explore By Sarah B. Pomeroy and Jeyaraney Kathirithamby. Science and art combine in this captivating, lushly illustrated biography of Maria Sibylla Merian (–), one of the world’s first entomologists, who was also a botanist, naturalist, and celebrated artist.

Maria Sibylla Merian is the Books by Maria Sibylla Merian (overview) In Merian’s time book production was quite different from present. Today every printed copy is the same. But in her time printers and publishers produced books in sheets or “leaves” and a buyer could decide whether he would let his copy be colored and what binding he would prefer.

This article will undertake In , at the age of thirteen, Maria Sibylla Merian () began her study of butterfly metamorphosis—years before any other scientist published an accurate description of the process. Later, Merian and her daughter ventured thousands of miles from their home in the Netherlands into the rainforests of South America seeking new and.