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Not everyone loves cockroaches with their pineapple but this image from Maria Sibylla Merian's 1705 'Insects of Surinam' is still our fave for https://t.co/oaLtUvZ9NH 🍍🍍🍍 Find our copy with sooooo many great plates scanned in

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2018-06-28

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator

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2018-06-26

Beautiful from "D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer" for This 1705 work by Rumpf details the marine life of Amboina (Ambon) in what is now eastern Indonesia & features by Maria Sybilla Merian. In via : https://t.co/iB5ie7ZIIv

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2018-06-26

June 24 is and here is one of my favourite objects brought to life: 'Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium' by Maria Sibylla Merian

Credit for gif: Richard Naples via competition 2014, using source material from

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2018-06-24

Excited to share the latest addition to my shop: Gilgamesh and the Dream of Endiku Original Painting Epic Poem from Ancient Mesopotamia Sumerian Art History Sumeria Uruk Humbaba Mythology https://t.co/yWgmON4cH0

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2018-06-23

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) Naturalist, Entymologist and Botanical Illustrator

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2018-06-15

Ereshkigal (Irkalla)
Queen of the Underworld
Goddess of Kur, the land of the dead or underworld (hell) in Sumerian mythology.
Granddaughter of Enlil, daughter of Sin (Nanna) god of the moon, sister of Inana (Ishtar) & Utu (Shamash) god of the sun, & wife of Nergal.

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2018-05-19

The library doesn’t have much botanical material, we transferred most of it to the at some point, so starting to struggle with posts! Here is gorgeous Merian’s ‘De Europische insecten’ (1730)

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2018-05-17

Merian class
by Mark Rademaker

Beautiful.

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2018-05-15

What about the fierce sumerian warrior Able?

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2018-05-10

Been busy today, nothing new to show but here's a from a month or so ago 'trying to arrest probably one of my better Conan drawings🤔

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2018-05-06

Maria Sibylla Merian created gorgeous scientific illustrations--like this one featuring guava & a tiger butterfly. Linnaeus used her images to help inform his work, but her legacy is comparably unknown to his. Our new YA bio explores her life and art: https://t.co/cS81MmsMaf

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2018-04-27

The genius of Maria Sibylla Merian. Artist and Scientist.

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2018-04-06

Naturalista, exploradora y una de las pioneras de la entomología moderna, así era Maria Sibylla Merian: https://t.co/BK2yoc8Kys (via )

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2018-04-03

Maria Sibylla Merian is remembered as one of the most significant contributors to the field of entomology. For explore her work in "Der rupsen begin", Pt. 3 (1717), in via : https://t.co/3uM0f2P9eD

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2018-03-30

some poofy pompom doggos because I really want to pet one

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2018-03-21

A major "winter" storm is hitting DC on today, the But fear not! The pages of Maria Sibylla Merian's "De Europischen Insecten" (1730) is abuzz with spring blooms! Check it out in https://t.co/Endn6XVhjC

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2018-03-21

«Maria Sibylla Merian: entomóloga, ecóloga y expedicionaria de los siglos XVII y XVIII» por Andrea García | Ilustra Belén Moreno

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2018-03-19

Maria Sibylla Merian provides today's related with her "De Europischen Insecten" (1730). Find this one scanned in https://t.co/kSHx3eC3j1
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We have more posts about Merian on : https://t.co/HTOJL1I2kw

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2018-03-15

Maria Sibylla Merian was among the first entomologists. She is most famous for illustrating the metamorphosis of the butterfly, and classified a large number of new insect species

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2018-03-09