Maria Sibylla Merian: Leningrader Aquarelle / Leningrad Watercolours; text in English, German, French, Russian. Edition Leipzig, 1974. Limited. hardcover. Maria Sibylla Merian. 50 fine large color facsimiles of original watercolors in 2 volumes -- plate volume with 50 fasicles loose as issued in a velum-backed hand-marbled board clamshell case. The text volume (319 pages of commentary in Russian, English, French and German) in a matching binding has 146 smaller color reproductions on 17 folding plates. Elephant folios (19 x 15 x 4.5 inches) housed together in a plain green board slipcase. Edition limited to 1750 copies. -- Very heavy, requires extra shipping! -- The original watercolors are in Peter the Great's collection, housed in the Archives and Library of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. in Leningrad. 2 volumes -- plate volume with 50 fasicles loose as issued in a velum-backed hand-marbled board clamshell case. The text volume (319 pages of commentary in Russian, English, French and German) in a matching binding has 146 smaller color reproductions on 17 folding plates. Elephant folios housed together in a plain green board slipcase.
Title: Maria Sibylla Merian's Leningrad Watercolors
Edition: First
Location Published: Leipzig, Leipzig: Edition: 1974
Binding: Elephant folios (19x15 inches) housed together in
Book Condition: very good
Categories: Illustrated Books, Limited Editions, Science, Book
Seller ID: 922ho
