{"product_id":"metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium-by-maria-sibylla-merian","title":"Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sibylla Merian","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#f0ebe3;color:#8b7355;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.03em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:8px 16px;border-radius:16px;margin:0 0 18px 0;\"\u003e📖 Delivered as a downloadable ePub file.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:0 0 10px 0;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll 60 plates from Maria Sibylla Merian's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium\u003c\/i\u003e (1705), reproduced in full color from the original edition. At fifty-two, Merian sold her possessions to fund an unchaperoned voyage to Suriname to study insects in their natural surroundings — a scientific discipline almost unheard of at the time. Each plate shows an insect's full life cycle on the exact plant that fed it, painted from living specimens. Plate 18, showing a tarantula preying on a hummingbird, was dismissed as fantasy for two centuries until confirmed accurate in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:26px 0 10px 0;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"border-left:3px solid #c9a25a;margin:0;padding:2px 0 2px 18px;font-style:italic;color:#3a332a;line-height:1.6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI spent two years in the colony, raising caterpillars to adulthood and observing their host plants, painting what I saw directly from living specimens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Nile Book Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67578869940472,"sku":"EN-merian-metamorphosis","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/4798\/0280\/files\/cover_final.jpg?v=1791245610","url":"https:\/\/nilebookstore.com\/ar\/products\/metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium-by-maria-sibylla-merian","provider":"Nile Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}