Books by Maria Sibylla Merian Online (primary sources)
Some of the books by Maria Sibylla Merian are accessible online on websites of various libraries. We tried to locate as many copies as we could. If you know of a digitized copy that is not listed here, please send a note to the webmaster.
1675-1680: Blumenbuch; part I-III
Part III: Dresden: Universitätsbibliothek. Part III of this copy is bound together with part I and II of the Neues Blumenbuch (1680). Plates hand colored.
1679: Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumennahrung […]; part I
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsbibliothek. Plates hand colored.
Frankfurt am Main, Universitätsbibliothek. Plates hand colored.
Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek. Plates black and white.
Saint Petersburg, Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the Zoological Institute (plates). Plates hand colored. With title page of part II.
Saint Petersburg, Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the Zoological Institute (text)
Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek. Black and white.
1680: Neues Blumenbuch; part I-III
Part I: Dresden, University Library. Plates hand colored
Part II: Dresden University Library. Plates hand colored.
1683: Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumennahrung […]; part II
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsbibliothek. Plates hand colored.
Frankfurt am Main, Universitätsbibliothek. Plates hand colored.
Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek. Plates black and white.
Saint Petersburg, Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the Zoological Institute (plates). Plates hand colored. With title page of part. 1.
Saint Petersburg, Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the Zoological Institute (text)
1705: Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. Dutch
Frankfurt am Main, Universitätsbibliothek. Plates hand colored
Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek. Plates hand colored.
Jena, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek. Plates hand colored.
Kansas City, Linda Hall Library. Plates hand colored.
Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute. Plates hand colored.
Nürnberg, Neurenberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum / Bibliothek. Counterproof. Plates hand colored.
The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Plates hand colored.
Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek. Counterproof. Plates hand colored.
Moscow, Russian State Library. Plates hand coloured.
Washington, Smithsonian Libraries. Plates hand colored.
Washington, Smithsonian Libraries. Galaxy of Images.
1705: Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. Latin
Besancon, Bibliothèque Municipale. Plates hand colored.
Moscow, Russian State Library. Plates hand colored.
1712: Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering; part I-II.
Ghent, Universiteitsbibliotheek. Plates black and white.
The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Plates black and white.
Posthumous Editions of Books by Maria Sibylla Merian
1717: Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering, part III
Ghent, Universiteitsbibliotheek. Plates black and white.
Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute. Plates hand colored.
1718: Erucarum Ortus
Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek. Plates black and white.
The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Plates black and white.
Lyon, Bibliothèque Municipale. Plates black and white.
1719: Dissertatio De Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium
Strasbourg, Bibliothèque numérique patrimoniale. Plates black and white.
Moscow, Russian State Library. Plates hand colored.
1719: Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche Insecten. Amsterdam 1719
Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute. Plates hand colored.
Moscow, Russian State Library. Plates hand colored.
1730: De Europische Insecten / Histoire Des Insectes
Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek. Plates hand colored.
Haarlem, Teylers Museum. Plates hand colored.
Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute. Plates hand colored.
Washington, Smithsonian Libraries. Plates hand colored.
Washington, Smitsonian Libraries (Galaxy of images. Wrongly entitled: Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumennahrung). Plates hand colored.
1730: Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche Insecten
Washington, Smithsonian Libraries. Plates hand colored.
San Marino, Huntington Library. Plates hand colored.
Other Works
1705: G.E. Rumphius, D’Amboinsche rariteitkamer
Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute. Plates black and white.