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Coconilla with Silk Moth and Molippa Nibasa Moth

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1705

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1" border
Image Size: 9" x 11.3" – Total Size: 11" x 13.3"
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Illustration from the first edition of Maria Sibylla Merian's pioneering Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705), a compilation of sixty elaborate engravings of New World plants, animals, and insects. Merian had travelled to Dutch Surinam in 1699 to study and record the tropical insects, a trip she self-funded, an unusual practice at the time, especially for a woman. (Source: Smithsonian Libraries via Biodiversity Heritage Library)