1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Plate 272 China Ref: 22400

Ref:  22400

Its name derives from that of an ancient tribe

until Philip Augustus of France conquered between 1202 and 1214 most of the continental possessions of the empire

and enormous lakes depicted in central Africa

and interest in searching for one waned for the next 200 years

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Plate 272 China Ref: 22400Title : Venus, Venus Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23903 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