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Just in time for Women’s History Month, we have scanned our copy of Maria Sybilla Merian’s Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium…
in it’s entirety!
Merian (1647 – 1717) was a German naturalist, painter, and scientific illustrator most famous for her detailed observations and documentation of the metamorphosis of the butterfly.
Is it happy hour yet? check out this great post on Humulus lupulus aka #hops and their use in beer from @biodivlib
C’est le quatorze juillet! Vive le France!
Carte Botanique de France (Botanical Map of France and French Flora) from Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck’s Flore françoise, ou, Description succincte… (1778)
