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Originally published in 4 volumes according to the Eichler classification system, this is a single volume of text which consists of the original volumes 1 and 2 bound together according to the Engler classification system. It is accompanied by 208 unbound prints organized in the same manner. The prints are color lithographs on cream paper mostly drawn by Walther Müller and C.F. Schmidt. Prints depict a wide variety of subject matter including trees,...
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Folder 5: 14 pages of calligraphy in graphite and 24 pages of calligraphy in pen and ink over graphite showing accurate position (without woodcut prints) on each page, 26 x 19 cm. German text is taken from various poems that are printed in their entirety at the end of the final publication.
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Text pages: color reproductions on cream paper. Plates: color reproductions of watercolors from which woodcuts were made, on cream paper, mat 56 x 47 cm. Full flowering plants with roots. Glazed paper protecting leaves with identifying text, folded and inserted in back of mats.
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Folder 1: 19 proofs of woodcuts pulled and colored by Fritz Kredel, some in more than one version, on 18 sheets of Japanese paper, size ranging from 19 x 14 cm. to 26 x 16 cm. ; 7 black and white proofs of woodcuts on Japanese paper, 25 x 16 cm. ; 1 black and white proof of woodcut on green paper, 10 x 12 cm.
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17 leaves of loose plates (46 x 32 cm.) of flowers and insects painted in Surinam from 1698-1701, issued in a bound portfolio that contains a biography of Merian and descriptions for each plate. Separate sheet with a brief introductory biography of Merian in 6 languages is inserted in volume.