[MERIAN, Maria Sybilla]. Dedication leaf. [From: Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium]. [Amsterdam: 1719 or 1726] [33914] Sheet size 52.5 x 32.5 cm. Dedication leaf to Balthazar Scott with an elaborate hand coloured cartouche heightened in gold, as is Scott’s name below. From Merian’s work on the insects of Surinam, counterproof before letters with beautiful contemporary hand colouring. Small crack to paper between cartouche and dedication. £250
	[MERIAN, Maria Sybilla]. Opossum with Young and Preying Mantis. [Plate 56] [From: Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium]. [Amsterdam: 1719 or 1726] [33918] Sheet size 52.5 x 32.5 cm. From Merian’s work on the insects of Surinam, counterproof before letters with beautiful contemporary hand colouring. £375
	[MERIAN, Maria Sybilla]. Stag Beetle, Moths and Frog at Different Stages in Metamorphosis. [Plate 72] [From: Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium]. [Amsterdam: 1719 or 1726] [33921] Sheet size 52.5 x 32.5 cm. From Merian’s work on the insects of Surinam, counterproof before letters with beautiful contemporary hand colouring. . £750
	[MERIAN, Maria Sybilla]. Frog Metamorphosis. [Plate 71] [From: Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium]. [Amsterdam: 1719 or 1726] [33924] Sheet size 52.5 x 32.5 cm. From Merian’s work on the insects of Surinam, counterproof before letters with beautiful contemporary hand colouring. . £375