What was Maria Sibylla Merian's first publication?
Maria Sibylla Merian
In 1678, the family had moved to Frankfurt am Main, but her marriage was an unhappy one.[4] She moved in with her mother, after her stepfather died in 1681. In 1683 she travelled to Gottorp and was attracted to the Labadists community in Holstein. In 1685 Merian travelled with her mother, husband and children  to Friesland where her half-brother Caspar Merian had lived since 1677.