1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Pl 273 City Plans edited by Edmund Gibson

edited by Edmund Gibson

This large original copper plate engraved antique print of various Sea Urchins found off the NW coast of America

without the sections on identification

a French expedition led by Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne landed on the island

Plate area: - Soiling and vertical creasing

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Pl 273 City Plans edited by Edmund GibsonTitle : Venus, Venus Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23904 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