Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera, Plate 080) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 arts and crafts and carefully packaged to arrive

and carefully packaged to arrive ready for display

is part of an extraordinary atlas accompanying Sir Archibald Alison's "History of Europe

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Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera, Plate 080) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 arts and crafts and carefully packaged to arriveInsecta Coleoptera Pl. 080 (1879) by Frederick DuCane Godman is a masterful Victorian zoological illustration devoted to the exacting study of beetles. Created by the English naturalist and collector Frederick DuCane Godman (18341919), the plate belongs to a late19th century scientific project that catalogued insect diversity for scholars and enthusiasts alike. Rather than a narrative scene, the composition presents a meticulously organized set of