1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Plate 224 Scotland Size: 11in x 8in (280mm

Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm)

West Africa by Nicolas Bellin in 1757 was published in Antoine François Prevosts 15 volumes of Histoire Generale des Voyages written by Prevost & other authors between 1746-1790

Impaired health obliged him to give up this

with 1008 engraved by Francois Nicolas Martinet

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Plate 224 Scotland Size: 11in x 8in (280mmTitle : Venus, Venus Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23855 Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique Conchology or Shell print by Jean Baptiste Lamarck was drawn by Henri Joseph Redoute (1766 1852) younger brother of the famous illustrator P J Redoute engraved by Robert Benard and published in the 1789 edition of Tableau encyclopdique et mthodique des trois rgnes de la nature(1782