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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 230268, member: 33&quot;]Ha! the one I posted is actually a different print probably taken from that the same engraving plate. I have mine framed behind glass and it&#039;s hard to get a clear photo of it. So I swiped one from the Internet that is somewhat different in color.</p><p><br /></p><p>No, she didn&#039;t do many birds. This particular one was included in her early book called <i>Neues Blumenbuch. </i>This was made before she really started publishing about the life cycles of insects. The pictures from this book were intended to be used as embroidery patterns. According to this page from the Linda Hall Library it was &quot;published and marketed in three volumes of 12 drawings each.&quot; <a href="http://womenswork.lindahall.org/merian1.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://womenswork.lindahall.org/merian1.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://womenswork.lindahall.org/merian1.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And the one that I have was published later than her lifetime, by publisher unknown. However, I believe they had access to the original plates.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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