Spiders (Arachnida Araneidea, Plate 26) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 36x18max100min20 Talkeetna (not directly depicted

Talkeetna (not directly depicted

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Spiders (Arachnida Araneidea, Plate 26) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 36x18max100min20 Talkeetna (not directly depictedArachnida Araneidea Pl. 26 by Frederick DuCane Godman introduces a finely observed Victorian zoological study of spiders, first issued in 1879 as part of a larger multi decade natural history project. Godman, an English naturalist and collector, worked at the forefront of the 19th century enthusiasm for cataloguing the worlds biodiversity, and this plate captures that spirit with clear, careful renderings intended for learning as much as for looking.