The New Book of Flowers—Neues Blumenbuch—collects thirty-six precise engravings of flowers and insects by Maria Sibylla Merian, an artist renowned in her own time. It was published in Nuremberg in 1680. A typical plate features a single flowering plant accompanied by a butterfly or other insect(s). The engravings of the copy in the Sächsische Landesbibliothek were expertly hand-colored, perhaps by Merian, who is known to have worked closely with the publisher. According to Merian's introduction, the images were intended to serve as models for embroidery.
We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "New Book of Flowers": Neues Blumenbuch = New book of flowers facsimile edition, published by Prestel-Verlag, 1999
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