1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells - Pl 256 19TH CENTURY Plate size: - 12in x

Plate size: - 12in x 8 1/2in (305mm x 215mm)

after Athanasius Kirchers China Illustrated - was published in Antoine François Prevosts 15 volumes of Histoire Generale des Voyageswritten by Prevost & other authors between 1746-1790

Templi St Maria in Vico dicto The Strand

The whole District is admirably well cultivated

Resolution and Adventure became separated

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells - Pl 256 19TH CENTURY Plate size: - 12in xTitle : Mactre, Mactra Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 205mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23887 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