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Download or read book Flowers, Butterflies and Insects written by Maria Sibylla Merian and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Merian (1647–1717). New English captions.