Scarab beetle, from Edward Donovan, An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India, 1800. (See item 16)
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I. The Rebirth of Natural History, 1485-1700
II. Ordering the Natural World, 1700-1810
III. In Search of New Species, 1760-1840
IV. Making Room for Invertebrates, 1750-1860
V. The Grandeur of Nature, 1800-1860
VI. The Meaning of Fossils, 1770-1860
VII. The Education of Charles Darwin, 1820-1844
VIII. The Road to the Origin of Species, 1844-1859