Beetles (Coleoptera, Plate 240) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) With a richly ornamented compass

With a richly ornamented compass rose

and this chart of Corfu is no exception

it balances art and taxonomy—organizing specimens with clarity while capturing the quiet drama of their markings and forms

Wyld—an eminent London geographer and publisher who inherited the traditions of the Faden firm—placed this world map at the heart of his general atlas

It’s an elegant

Beetles (Coleoptera, Plate 240) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) With a richly ornamented compassInsecta Coleoptera Pl. 240 (18791915) by Frederick DuCane Godman introduces the viewer to the exacting beauty of Victorian zoological illustration. Associated with the English naturalist and collector Frederick DuCane Godman (18341919), this 19thcentury entomological plate presents beetles as subjects of science and art in equal measure. First issued in 1879 within a landmark period of natural history publishing, the composition is arranged like a