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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 509680, member: 33&quot;]An original (or early) edition of any book by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717).</p><ul> <li><i>Blumenbuch. Volume 1.</i> 1675</li> <li><i>Blumenbuch. Volume 2.</i> 1677</li> <li><i>Neues Blumenbuch. Volume 3.</i> 1680</li> <li><i>Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung und sonderbare Blumennahrung.</i> Volume 1, 1679</li> <li><i>Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung und sonderbare Blumennahrung.</i> Volume 2, 1683</li> <li><i>Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium.</i> 1705</li> </ul><p>Even one plate from one of her books costs several thousand dollars at high-end galleries:</p><p><a href="https://www.audubonart.com/shop/category/botanical-art-maria-sibylla-merian-85" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.audubonart.com/shop/category/botanical-art-maria-sibylla-merian-85" rel="nofollow">https://www.audubonart.com/shop/category/botanical-art-maria-sibylla-merian-85</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I did just learn that her <i>Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium</i> was reprinted in what looks like a fairly nice edition a couple of years ago... I may have to be satisfied with that.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Maria-Sibylla-Merian-Metamorphosis-Surinamensium/dp/940143378X" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Maria-Sibylla-Merian-Metamorphosis-Surinamensium/dp/940143378X" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Maria-Sibylla-Merian-Metamorphosis-Surinamensium/dp/940143378X</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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