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Chrysalis

Kim Todd

2007328 pagesabout 5–8 hours
2007
first published
  • 2007I.B. Tauris · 328 pages · ENGISBN 9781845114312
  • 2007Harvest Books · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9780156032995
  • 2007Harcourt · 328 pages · ENGISBN 9780151011087

Before Darwin, before Audubon, before Gilbert White, there was Merian, an artist turned naturalist, known for her botanical illustrations. This work takes us from golden-age Amsterdam to the Surinam tropics to modern laboratories where Merian's insights fuel a fresh branch of biology.

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