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Ships from and sold by EXPERAL SINGAPORE Publisher: PRESTEL ISBN 13: 9783791386003 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 46 Dimensons: 350 x 280 x 11.18 | 663.15 (gram) ---------------------------------------- More than three centuries after Maria Sibylla Merian established herself as a scientific trailblazer-and after more than two centuries of obscurity-the work of this pioneering naturalist and artist is being rediscovered. Merian's work, The New Book of Flowers, raised the artistic standards of natural history illustration. Published in 1675, the book employed impeccable botanic accuracy with artistic expression. In it, Merian moved away from traditional methods that favored single illustrations and instead composed her studies to explore the relationships between flowers and insects. This poster book draws its nearly two dozen illustrations from The New...