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The flowering of ecology : Maria Sibylla Merian's caterpillar book / by Kay Etheridge ; M.S. Merian's original texts translated from the German by Michael Ritterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Etheridge, A. Kay, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Emergence of natural history ; volume 3.
- Emergence of Natural History ; volume 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717. Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumen-Nahrung.
- Merian, Maria Sibylla.
- Caterpillars.
- Butterflies--Metamorphosis.
- Butterflies.
- Moths--Metamorphosis.
- Moths.
- Biological illustration.
- Metamorphosis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Illustrations
- Part 1 The Flowering of Ecology
- Chapter 1 Before the Transformation
- Introduction
- Art and Science Intertwined
- Insects in Drawings and Manuscripts
- Still Life Painting
- Finding God in Nature
- Natural History of Insects in Printed Works
- Publishing Illustrated Natural History Books
- Studies of Insect Metamorphosis
- Chapter 2 A Life Investigated
- Growing up in Frankfurt am Main
- Early Fascination with Insects
- Marriage and the Move to Nuremberg
- The Flower Books
- Beginnings of the Raupen Books
- Merian's Motivations
- Chapter 3 Described and Painted from Life
- Fieldwork: The Basis of Merian's Empirical Studies
- Laboratory Work
- Merian's Study Journal
- Merian's Other Sources of Information
- Illustrating the Raupen Book
- Composing the Images
- Making the Plates
- Merian's Counterproofs
- Composing the Text
- Financing, Printing and Marketing the Raupen Book
- Chapter 4 For the Benefit of Naturalists
- The Rupsen Books
- The Last Caterpillar Book
- Later Editions and Their Lasting Effects
- Recognition and Reception by Near Contemporaries
- Merian's Influence on Natural History
- Merian's Reputation as a Naturalist
- Part 2 Plates, Translation and Commentary
- Maria Sibylla Merian's Caterpillar Book
- Appendix: Translated Excerpts from Merian's Study Journal
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 19, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Etheridge, Kay The Flowering of Ecology : Maria Sibylla Merian's Caterpillar Book
- ISBN:
- 9789004284807
- 900428480X
- Publisher Number:
- 40030218707
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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