Insecta Lepidoptera-Heterocera (Plate 60) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:20x28in (50x70cm) Scarborough Pier

Scarborough Pier

This is one of the finest and rarest old maps of Ireland

the Wabash traces much of the east

and expansion “to both sides

Features a trompe-l'oeil of the caravan route from Jeddah to Mecca and on to Taife

Insecta Lepidoptera-Heterocera (Plate 60) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:20x28in (50x70cm) Scarborough PierFrederick DuCane Godmans Insecta Lepidoptera Heterocera Pl. 053 (1879) is a refined Victorian zoological illustration that unites scientific accuracy with elegant presentation. Across a luminous white ground, an array of moths is set out with clarity so that wing shapes, markings, and delicate antennae can be compared at a glancean approach that typified late 19th century entomology and its devotion to careful observation, classification, and record