Chrysalis; Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
London: I.B. Tauris, 2007. Merian, Maria Sibylla. First edition. Hardcover. 328p + 16 plates, 8 in color. "Taking us from golden-age Amsterdam to the sweltering rain forests of Surinam to modern laboratories where Merian's insights [into insect metamorphosis] fuel a new branch of biology, Kim Todd brings to life an..... More