Leningrad watercolours / Maria Sibylla Merian ; [edited by Ernst…
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Creator
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.
Title
Leningrad watercolours / Maria Sibylla Merian ; [edited by Ernst Ullmann].
Publisher
New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1974.
Date
1974
Description
Historically correct name for this book :Saint Petersbourg watercolours.
"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."
Issued in a case.
Cover cloth of each vol. marbled by hand by Gerhard Hesse.
"The originals ... are in the possession of the Archives and Library of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. in Leningrad"--T.p. verso.
Limited ed. of 1,800 copies.
Includes bibliographical references (volume 2, pages 151-161) and indexes.
Vol. 1 consists of 50 loose plates (facsimile); each plate is accompanied by explanatory text. Vol. 2 (319 p., [16] leaves of plates) includes 146 ill. on 16 folded leaves.
Text in English, French, German, and Russian.
"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."
Issued in a case.
Cover cloth of each vol. marbled by hand by Gerhard Hesse.
"The originals ... are in the possession of the Archives and Library of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. in Leningrad"--T.p. verso.
Limited ed. of 1,800 copies.
Includes bibliographical references (volume 2, pages 151-161) and indexes.
Vol. 1 consists of 50 loose plates (facsimile); each plate is accompanied by explanatory text. Vol. 2 (319 p., [16] leaves of plates) includes 146 ill. on 16 folded leaves.
Text in English, French, German, and Russian.
Subject
Zoology -- Pictorial works.
Botany -- Pictorial works.
Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
Botany -- Pre-Linnean works.
Insects -- Pictorial works.
Contributor
Ullmann, Ernst.
Format
Vol. 1 consists of 50 loose plates (facsimile); each plate is accompanied by explanatory text. Vol. 2 (319 p., [16] leaves of plates) includes 146 ill. on 16 folded leaves.