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The girl who drew butterflies : how Maria Merian's art changed science

by Joyce Sidman

A visual biography detailing the life and scientific work of Maria Merian, who documented the process of insect metamorphosis through her observations and original paintings.

Accession 14049 ISBN 9780544717138 Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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