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Beetles (Coleoptera, Plate 170) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:A3 (297x420mm) and lines that could communicateInsecta Coleoptera Pl. 170 by Frederick DuCane Godman is a quintessential Victorian zoological illustration, first published in 1879 at the height of 19thcentury natural history. Godmanan English naturalist and entomologist born in 1834devoted his career to the careful cataloging of the living world. This scientific plate reflects the eras drive to classify species through precise observation, marrying exacting draftsmanship with taxonomy so that