Maria Sibylla Merian. Insects of Surinam: Edition français-anglais-allemand (Varia)
Language: English
Published by TASCHEN ESPAÑA, S.A.U., 2009
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- Title
- Maria Sibylla Merian. Insects of Surinam: Edition français-anglais-allemand (Varia)
- Author
- Schmidt-Loske, Dr. Katharina
- Publisher
- TASCHEN ESPAÑA, S.A.U.
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Wie neu
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 3822852783
- ISBN 13
- 9783822852781
- Item weight
- 2 kilograms
The masterwork of an entomological pioneer
At a time when few women were educated or literate and rarely travelled German-born naturalist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian (16471717) made history with her studies of insects in Surinam. Trained as a copperplate engraver and watercolorist, she documented the metamorphosis of butterflies, laying the foundation for modern entomology. What Merian observed when breeding native species of butterfly triggered her curiosity, and spurred her to further investigation; the development from ovum, via larva and chrysalis, to adult butterfly was not fully understood in the 17th century. And not every pupa developed into a butterfly, which puzzled Merian for a long time.
On seeing a collection of butterflies from Dutch Guiana, modern Surinam, she decided to study tropical flora and fauna, to discover whether the moths and butterflies she saw in collections shared the same life cycle as those she had bred: the egg and caterpillar stage. In 1699 she sailed for South America with daughter Dorothea, the first time any woman had ventured on a journey of exploration on this scale. Having evaluated and categorized her specimens, in 1705 she published her major work Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, in Dutch and Latin. She made 60 copperplate engravings to illustrate the stages of insect development, arranged around the cultivated and wild plants she had encountered on her travels. With its detailed text and imagery, the Metamorphosis is the first work on the natural history of Surinam. For 17th century Europeans it was an insight into an unknown world. TASCHENs reprint of a hand-colored first edition copy includes the complete plates with a commentary by Katharina Schmidt-Loske. Merian accomplished a pioneering achievement of the modern age. This publication pays homage to her work and offers readers an opportunity to appreciate her sumptuous engravings.
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About the Author
Katharina Schmidt-Loske studied biology in Münster, Bonn and Frankfurt am Main, with a focus on insects and reptiles, and has worked as a book illustrator. She earned her doctorate at the University of Bonn with a dissertation titled Die Tierwelt der Maria Sibylla Merian (The Fauna of Maria Sibylla Merian), which was published in 2007. Since 2008 is director of the Biohistoricum at the Museum Koenig in Bonn.
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