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Maria Sibylla Merian 1647-1717.…
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Perth
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19-Mar-2024
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Maria Sibylla Merian 1647-1717. A book the Surinam album numbered, limited edition 57/1000 published by the Folio Society, 2006. Two volume hardcover in clamshell case. First volume is an elephant folio containing 91 facsimile plates by Maria Sibylla Merian. Book quarter bound in green goatskin leather with a gilt-printed black leather label and cloth sides foil-blocked with a design by David Eccles. Volume 2 is a Commentary by Julie Harvey, 87 pages, bound in green cloth and fits neatly into a compartment in the slipcase. Maria Sibylla Merian was one of the 17th and 18th centuries great painters of plants and animals. The largest collection of the Surinam work is held in the British Museum which holds 91 works. The folio facsimile has accurately reproduced the complicated effects employed by Merian such as the use of black chalk to build up and emphasise the thickness of the leaves and the application of silver and gold to imitate the iridescent wings of butterflies or the shiny carapace of beetles. The paintings are printed on Furioso paper to give the closest look and feel to the original vellum and provides superb colour and print quality. Condition: fine
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