Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis / Kim Todd.
Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis / Kim Todd.
Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis / Kim Todd.
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Orlando : Harcourt, c2007.
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N508.092/17
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
1. The most noble of all the worms -- 2. Godly miracles in a little book -- 3. That which is found in the fens and heath -- 4. Le grande monde -- 5. An awesome and expensive trip -- 6. Far out into the wilderness -- 7. The first and strangest work that had ever been painted in America -- 8. The mode...
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Publisher
Orlando : Harcourt, c2007.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Florida
Date Published
c2007.
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"Before Darwin, before Audubon, there was Merian. An artist turned naturalist known for her botanical illustrations, she was born just sixteen years after Galileo proclaimed that the earth orbited the sun. But at the age of fifty she sailed from Europe to the New World on a solo scientific expedition to study insect metamorphosis - an unheard-of jo...
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Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis / Kim Todd.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2007.
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N508.092/17
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74VKOmbeLDzd
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ISBN
0151011087
9780151011087
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508.092 B
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991022421119702626
