Scarabaeus - J. H. Sulzer, 1776. (Insects Wall Art)
This print feels clean and “study-like.” The beetles are spaced out so the page stays calm, and the fine linework gives it that real old-book look. It is easy wall art for a study, office, or quiet hallway, especially if your home decor leans natural history.
About this print
This insect print comes from Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten (Winterthur, 1776.), a German entomology book by Johann Heinrich Sulzer. It was built to teach people how to notice differences, so the layout stays simple and readable instead of turning into a scene.
The title “Scarabaeus” points to scarab beetles, and the page shows them as a clear set of forms you can compare at a glance. The original images were made as hand-colored copperplate engravings by Johann Rudolf Schellenberg, which is why the coloring feels careful and the lines stay crisp. In the same 1776. book, Hymenoptera shifts from beetles to bees and wasps, but keeps that same tidy, teaching-page approach.
Craft & finish
This scarab beetle print is made on hand-processed paper, highlighted with subtle gold and sealed with beeswax for an authentic parchment feel. Please note that colors can look slightly different from screen to screen.
Find more prints like this in the Vintage Insects Art collection.
Scarabaeus (J. H. Sulzer, 1776.) - Vintage Beetle Print
In case your print creases during the travel, as it usually does travel for some time, you can safely warm it up with a hair-dryer, and the wax will melt back right into it. You can also use a lighter, which is a much faster method, but be careful to keep the flame either above the paper or parallel to it (which means holding the paper vertically) so it doesn't smudge or even catch fire. The chance of the print actually creasing is very small, as they are rolled in bubble-wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. Also, be sure to keep the print out of the direct sunlight, as it can melt or fade.
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