Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (Facsimile Edition) [with] Maria Sybilla Merian in Surinam: Commentary to the Facsimile Edition of Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (Amsterdam, 1705)
- Publisher : Pion
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 60 colour plates / col frontis, col portrait, 4 col plates, 12 plain plates, 2 maps, text figs
Description:
The plates are reproduced from the original watercolours held at the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, and the text is a facsimile reproduction of the 1705 edition. Limited edition of 990 sets (950 for sale).
Condition
Fine set of the Facsimile and Commentary volumes. Folio, 2 vols: Facsimile in full leather in antique-finish green hide, moiré silk endpapers; Commentary in quarter leather in antique-finish green hide, buckram sides; top edge gilt to both volumes. This set No. 11/990.