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The Surinam Album by Maria Sibylla Merian; Julie Harvey - 2006

by Maria Sibylla Merian; Julie Harvey

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The Surinam Album by Maria Sibylla Merian; Julie Harvey - 2006

The Surinam Album

by Maria Sibylla Merian; Julie Harvey

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  • Hardcover
London: Folio Society, 2006. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Includes the massive leather bound volume 55 x 36 cm green leather bound volume containing 91 tipped in watercolor reproductions, a 25 x 16 cm, 85 page commentary volume, copies of 5 of the watercolors in an envelope along with the books all housed inside a green clamshell box. Folio Society facsimile of The Surinam Album. Limited to 1000 copies. There is some scratching to the clamshell. From the Folio Society letter: " Maria Sibylla Merian was one of the 17th and 19th centuries' great painters of plants and animals, standing alongside artists like Redoute, Ehret and Bauer. Many books on botanical art reproduce images from the Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, a selection of 60 engravings she published in 1705... Merian's paintings contian subtleties of colour and drawing which could not be reproduced by 18th century methods, making the originals incomparably superior to the engravings."

  • Bookseller Midway Used and Rare Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition Collector's Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Folio Society
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 2006
  • Keywords Botonical Insects Bugs Folio Maria Sibylla Merian

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The Surinam Album [Folio Society]
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The Surinam Album [Folio Society]

by Merian, Maria Sibylla; David Eccles [Design];

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Limited Edition
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London: The Folio Society, 2006. Limited Edition. Leather. Near Fine/Very Good+ Clamshell Case. Quarto. Maria Sibylla Merian. Like new book with very good+ solander box. The Folio Society, 2006. Copyright the Trustees of the British Museum, 2006. The plates in this facsimile edition of "The Surinam Album" have been reproduced by digital photography from the original album in the British Museum, London, and printed at Cambridge University Press on Furioso paper. The album has been hand-bound by Smith Settle, Yeadon, Yorkshire, using Merian Wove toned rag-content paper for the leaves, Nigerian goatskin leather for the spine, and cloth sides foil-blocked with a design by David Eccles based on Plate 38, the hawkmouth. The edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies for sale to members of The Folio Society and 200 letters copies which are not for sale. This is copy no. 207. Green leather spine with black title label stamped in gold. Decorative cloth over boards. Book is like new - binding is… Read More
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The Surinam Album

by Merian, Maria Sibylla

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  • Hardcover
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Collectible - Like New
Binding
Hardcover
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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The Folio Society. Collectible - Like New. Condition: Near Fine; Two volume hardcover in clamshell case. Limited Edition. 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 that is 87 pages, bound in green cloth and fits nicely into a compartment in the slipcase. 1000 numbered copies for sale, this is copy #345/1000. Books in Near Fine condition with a slight bit of wear from being handled and read. Slipcase bound in green cloth with a black leather label and is in Very Good condition with some white marks on the back from shelf rubbing. A beautifully produced book. Photos upon request.
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The Surinam Album

by Merian, Maria Sibylla [Julie Harvey (comm.)]

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London: The Folio Society, 2006 2 vols. Elephant folio. + 8vo. original quarter green goatskin gilt in clamshell case (a few small marks & scuffs to case, else as new); pp. Vol. 1 (Album): Elephant folio. Unpaginated, with 91 tipped in colour plates. Vol. 2 (Commentary): 8vo. 88 (last blank), with frontispiece + endpaper map. No. 481 of a limited edition of 1000 copies, with envelope containing 3 extra plates for framing (as issued) + promotional flyers & other ephemera, loosely enclosed. Very heavy set, additional postage will be required for international and domestic delivery. A fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/In Slipcase.
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