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.
Lifetime Editions of Books by Maria Sibylla Merian
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.