The Flowering of Ecology: Maria Sibylla Merian's Caterpillar Book

Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Illustrations
Part 1 The Flowering of Ecology
	Chapter 1 Before the Transformation
		Introduction
		Art and Science Intertwined
		Insects in Drawings and Manuscripts
		Still Life Painting
		Finding God in Nature
		Natural History of Insects in Printed Works
		Publishing Illustrated Natural History Books
		Studies of Insect Metamorphosis
	Chapter 2 A Life Investigated
		Growing up in Frankfurt am Main
		Early Fascination with Insects
		Marriage and the Move to Nuremberg
		The Flower Books
		Beginnings of the Raupen Books
		Merian’s Motivations
	Chapter 3 Described and Painted from Life
		Fieldwork: The Basis of Merian’s Empirical Studies
		Laboratory Work
		Merian’s Study Journal
		Merian’s Other Sources of Information
		Illustrating the Raupen Book
		Composing the Images
		Making the Plates
		Merian’s Counterproofs
		Composing the Text
		Financing, Printing and Marketing the Raupen Book
	Chapter 4 For the Benefit of Naturalists
		The Rupsen Books
		The Last Caterpillar Book
		Later Editions and Their Lasting Effects
		Recognition and Reception by Near Contemporaries
		Merian’s Influence on Natural History
		Merian’s Reputation as a Naturalist
Part 2 Plates, Translation and Commentary
	Maria Sibylla Merian’s Caterpillar Book
Appendix: Translated Excerpts from Merian’s Study Journal
Bibliography
Index