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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 (16471717). New English captions.Merian, Maria S. is the author of 'Flowers, Butterflies, and Insects All 154 Engravings from "Erucarum Ortus' with ISBN 9780486266367 and ISBN 0486266362.
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