February is National Cherry Month

Maria Sibylla Merian, Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumennahrung, 1730

Don't worry, cherry blossoms will be featured this month, too . . . But this beautiful engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian was too good to resist. 

The daughter of an engraver, step-daughter of a painter, Merian was always surrounded by art. But she also had a curious and scientific mind, which led to her studying insects, especially the transformations from caterpillars into butterflies, and the plants they inhabited.

The Libraries has digitized many more beautiful images from this volume, housed in its Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Library in New York. Enjoy.—Elizabeth Periale

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ya i know that feb is a month of chreeies ..love to eat them...

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