Description and illustration of the cocoa plant from Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium

Title: Description and illustration of the cocoa plant from Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium
Description: Description of the cocoa plant in Latin with handwritten English translation and illustration. From Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium : in qua erucae ac Vermes Surinamenses, cum omnibus suis transformationibus, ad vivum delineantur & describuntur, singulis eorum in plantas, flores & fructus collocatis, in quibus reperta sunt : tum etiam generatio ranarum, busonum rariorum, lacertarum, serpentum, araneorum & formicarum exhibetur ... / per Mariam Sibyllam Merian (Amstelodami : Sumptibus auctoris, ... ; venuntur & apud Gerardum Valk ..., Anno 1705).
Creator: Maria Sibylla Merian
Date: 1705
Identifier: [Rare] V2 [Merian] Extra Large Folio
Source: https://search.libraries.london.ac.uk/permalink/44SHL_INST/r5hlok/alma991005283489709266
Collection: Exploring Environmental Humanities