Flowers, Butterflies and Insects : All 154 Engravings from "Erucarum Ortus" (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
Flowers, Butterflies and Insects : All 154 Engravings from "Erucarum Ortus" (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
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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 Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717). New English captions. Royalty-free.
Flowers, Butterflies and Insects: All 154 Engravings from "Erucarum Ortus" (Dover Pictorial Archive Series),Maria Sibylla Merian,Dover Publications,0486266362,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Clip Art,Design - General,Early works to 1800,Europe,General,Insects,Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology,Metamorphosis,Pictorial works,Industrial / Commercial Art & Design,Nature / General
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