Metamorphosis naturalis, ofte Historische beschryvinghe van den oirspronk, aerd, eygenschappen ende vreemde veranderinghen der wormen, rupsen, maeden, vliegen, witjens, byen, motten ende dierghelijcke dierkens meer; niet uyt eenighe boecken, maer alleenelijck door eygen ervarentheyd uytgevonden, beschreven, en na da konst afgeteyckent
A 1662 Dutch natural history of insects, published in Middelburg by Jacques Fierens and written by Johannes Goedaert from his own observations of caterpillars, maggots, flies, butterflies and bees, for a general readership. The pictures are small, dense engravings of moths shown from above with feathery bodies, banded and scalloped wings, and long antennae, offering a designer old-fashioned scientific specimen plates to adapt for patterns or wood-type-era decoration.
