Facsimile Merian, Maria Sibylla Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. Ofte Verandering der Surinaamsche Insecten. Facsimile of the Amsterdam 1705 edition after the copy in the Sächsische Landesbibliothek Dresden, shelfmark Zool. 145. with 60 colour plates. Leipzig, H.F. Jütte VOB, c. 1975. 1 w. Leaf, 2 leaves, 60 plates each with 1 p. explanation, 1 w. leaf. Rich gilt-stamped OLdr. with gilt edges all around, gilt edges on three sides and endpapers in imitation marbled paper. In OLwd. Slipcase (with small abrasion to spine, slipcase somewhat soiled). One of 600 numbered copies. - With the accompanying volume in OLwd., with accompanying text by Helmut Deckert, in the translation of the original Dutch text by Gerhard Worgt (Leipzig, Insel Verlag, 1975). - Extremely well-preserved, the plates in bright colours, only occasionally with some fading. Facsimile of the Amsterdam 1705 edition. With 60 colour plates. Orig. richly gilt leather binding with gilt edges on three sides a coloured paper endpapers. In orig. cloth slip case (with small scuffing on spine, slipcase somewhat soiled). - One of 600 copies. - With accompanying vol. (orig. cloth binding). - Very well preserved, the plates in bright colours.