Spiders (Araneidea, Plate 18) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:A1 (594x841mm) Asmara (Eritrea)

Asmara (Eritrea)

Sunset over bare hills is notable for its restraint: there are no grand waterfalls or distant cathedrals of ice

as charts from Heather's The New Mediterranean Pilot are seldom seen on the market today

high-quality fine art print of this illustration

The map also illustrates the Conchetta district

Spiders (Araneidea, Plate 18) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:A1 (594x841mm) Asmara (Eritrea)Arachnida Araneidea Pl. 18 (1879) by Frederick DuCane Godman captures the spirit of Victorian natural history at its most exacting. Godman, an English zoologist and collector born in 1834, helped champion the meticulous study and classification of the natural world during a time of global exploration and scientific curiosity. This plate presents spiders not as ornament, but as precise subjects for studyeach form observed with care, rendered with