ID: 901001402 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001402	Record Type: Literature

	Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (scientific book, Merian, 1705)

Note: Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, published in Amsterdam in 1705. Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). Book of insects, description and illustratons. To make these versions, Merian (probably assisted by her daughters) appears to have inked sections of each etched plate and run it through the press to create a partial print. While the ink of that print was still wet, she placed a sheet of vellum against it, transferring a reverse image onto the vellum. This ‘counterproof’ was then worked up and coloured by hand.

Display Date: published 1705

Names:

	Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (scientific book, Merian, 1705) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Scientific, Instructional, Encyclopedia> (P)
		............Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (scientific book, Merian, 1705) (P)

Other Relationships:

	published in .... Amsterdam
	.....(North Holland, Netherlands, Europe) (TGN)

	author is .... Merian, Maria Sibylla (German painter and engraver, 1647-1717)
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	role/characteristic is .... illustrated book
	.....(books by internal form, books, information artifacts by physical form, information artifacts, information forms (objects), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (scientific book, Merian, 1705)
	................Royal Collection Trust [online] (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Royal Collection Trust [online] (2000-)