Sold2024Two: Maria Sibylla Merian (German 1647-1717)Two: Maria Sibylla Merian (German 1647-1717) Hand Colored etchings to include "Narcissus" plate XXXVII "Tulipa Variegata, Iris Coerulea Dod" plate XXXV each in hand painted gilt frame 9 1/4" x 6 1/2"See Sold Price
Sold2021Merian Antique Botanical Insect Print Set (6)Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). 6 natural history prints. Flowers butterflies. Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. Amsterdam: 1705. Hand-colored engravings. Early manuscript scientific notes inSee Sold Price
Sold202318th C. Botanical Etching / Maria Sibylla Merian"Mature Pineapple with Butterfly". Hand colored etching after Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). Engraved by Pieter Sluyter (1675-1713). Appears in good condition with expected signs of age; not examinSee Sold Price
Sold202318th C. Botanical Etching / Maria Sibylla Merian"Citrus Fruit and Harlequin Beetle". Hand colored etching after Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). Engraved by Joseph Mulder (1648-1742). Appears in good condition with expected signs of age; not examiSee Sold Price
Sold2019Merian Botanical Butterfly Prints (2)Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). Flowers, fruits, insects of Surinam. Pair of hand colored engravings. Amsterdam, 18th C. 12 1/2" x 16".See Sold Price
Sold2021Maria S Merian Naturalist Engraving Butterflies Pl. 60This is a hand colored engraving by naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647-1717). This engraving is plate 60 from Merian's book “Metamorphosis insectorum SurinaSee Sold Price
Sold2021Maria Sibylla Merian " Metamorphosis Insectorum" PrintMaria Sibylla Merian (German 1647-1717) " Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium," Amsterdam, 1705," Plate 48, depicting "Tabrouba Tree with Stag, Capricorn and Herculo Beetles, handcolored engraving,See Sold Price
Sold2022Ana Maria Sybilla Merian (German, 1647-1717), Two Antique Butterfly and Orange Engravings fromAna Maria Sybilla Merian (German, 1647-1717), Two Antique Butterfly and Orange Engravings from Insects of Surinamhand-colored engravings on laid paper, 18th century, full title of Merian's text readsSee Sold Price
Sold2018Maria Sibylla Merian. Frog Metamorphosis. 1726.Merian, Maria Sibylla. German (1647-1717). 'lxxi. Frog metamorphosis' from "Metamorphasibus Insectorum Surinamensium," The Hague: Gosse, 1726. Folio, on sheets 18.5" x 13". Engravings by J. Mulder, P.See Sold Price
Sold2021(2pc) MARIA SIBILLA MERIAN BOTANICAL ENGRAVINGSMaria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647-1717), including "Musa Seraptionis" and "Citrus cum Eruca," each framed h. 12 w. 9-1/2 in. (sight) overall: 18 x 15 in. (frame) Provenance: Private collection, ThornSee Sold Price
Sold2022Pair Early Botanical EngravingsMaria Sibylla Merian (German,1647-1717). In marbleized frames. Philadelphia Print Shop label verso. From "Histoires des Insectes de L'Europe" Amsterdam: Jean Frederic Bernard, 1730. Not examined out oSee Sold Price
Sold2023Maria Sibylla Merian, Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum SurinamensiumMERIAN, Maria Sibylla (1647-1717). Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium...Dissertation sur la Generation et les Transformations des Insectes de Surinam. The Hague: PiSee Sold Price
Sold2022Maria Sibylla Merian Two Cereus Cactuses WatercolorMERIAN, Maria Sibylla (German, 1647-1717). "Cerius Ex Curacao spciis variae" (Two Cereus Cactuses) Watercolor on vellum. c. 1690. 14" x 9 3/4" sheet, 23 1/2" x 19 1/4" framed. Verso of frame containsSee Sold Price
Sold2022SEVEN HAND-COLORED PRINTS, MOSTLY BUTTERFLIES Early 19th Century Each 8.25” x 4.75”SEVEN HAND-COLORED PRINTS, MOSTLY BUTTERFLIESEarly 19th CenturySix in the manner of, or after Maria Sibylla Merian, depicting various stages of metamorphosis. One depicts a fly.Each 8.25” x 4.75See Sold Price
Sold2020[Prints] Merian, Maria Sibylla, Morpho Achilles &[Prints] Merian, Maria SibyllaMorpho Achilles & Cherries(Amsterdam, 1730). Hand-colored engraving. Printed by P. Sluyter after a watercolor by Merian. Scattered minor spotting. 25 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. (64See Sold Price
Sold2020[Prints] Merian, Maria Sibylla, Great Owlet Moth[Prints] Merian, Maria SibyllaGreat Owlet Moth(Amsterdam, 1730). Hand-colored engraving. Printed by J. Mulder after a watercolor by Merian. 25 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. (641 x 539 mm). Scattered minor spottingSee Sold Price
Sold2023Two Maria Merian Butterfly Hand Colored Etchings18th century. Engravings having excellent hand colored detail and framed and matted very nicely. Sight size: H14 1/2" W11 1/8" (without frame) Sold from the collection of a Kiawah Island, South CaroliSee Sold Price
Sold2021Buffon & Smellie C1821 HC. Surinam Lizard, Maria MerianAfter Maria Merian's Famous image. Hand Colored Copper Plate Published C1821 by Thomas Kelly, London for "A Natural History, General and Particular..." by The Comte de Buffon and William Smellie. PapeSee Sold Price
Sold2021Buffon, Smellie & Maria Merian C1821 HC Surinam Lizard"The Safeguard Lizard of Surinam" Engraved after Maria Merian's famous image. Hand Colored Copper Plate Published C1821 by Thomas Kelly, London for "A Natural History, General and Particular..." by ThSee Sold Price
Sold2020[Prints] Merian, Maria Sibilla, Papaya[Prints] Merian, Maria SibillaPapaya(Amsterdam, 1730). Hand-colored engraving. Scattered minor spotting. 28 1/4 x 24 in. (717 x 609 mm). Unexamined out of frame.Plate 62 from the first Dutch edition oSee Sold Price
Sold2020[Prints] Merian, Maria Sibilla, Lemon & Butterfly[Prints] Merian, Maria SibillaLemon & Butterfly(Amsterdam, 1730). Hand-colored engraving. Scattered spotting. 22 1/4 x 18 3/8 in. (565 x 466 mm). Unexamined out of frame.Plate 65 from the first DutchSee Sold Price
Sold2023Buffon & Smellie C1820 Hand Col Print. Lizard of Surinam after Maria MerianHand Colored Copper Plate Published C1820 by Thomas Kelly, London for "A Natural History, General and Particular..." by The Comte de Buffon and William Smellie. Fine hand colour as issued. Paper Size:See Sold Price
Sold20173 Hand Colored EngravingsThree 15" x 11 1/2" hand colored engravings 'From the Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname,' drawn by Maria Sybilla Merian, engraved by P. Sluyter, circa 1719, labels on versoSee Sold Price
Sold20234 Hand Colored EngravingsHand colored engravings on laid paper, in uniform matting and framing..drawn by Maria Sybilla Merian, engraved by Pieter Sluyter and Joseph Mulder..minor foxing and sheet waviness, not examined out ofSee Sold Price
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