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Chrusalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis

By Kim Todd - Published 2007

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Maria Sibylla Merian was born in the mid-17th century in Germany into a family of printers. When Merian was a young girl, ...Read Review

A Scented Palace: The Secret History Of Marie-Antoinette’s Perfumer

By Elisabeth de Feydeau (trans. Jane Lizop) - Published 2006

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Nonfiction

Jean-Louis Fargeon, son of a perfumer in the scent-rich town of Montpellier, France, apprenticed well and took his trade to Paris, where his ...Read Review