1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Saltwater Clam Shells, Plate 233 New Zealand This finely engraved original antique

This finely engraved original antique map of the course of the Amazon River - according to the discoveries of the French explorer Charles-Marie La Condamine - by Jacques Nicolas Bellin in 1750 was published in Antoine-François Prevost's monumental 20 volume edition of L`Histoire Generale des Voyages published by Pierre de Hondt

and Chiefly with the Charts and Draughts of Professor Christian Charles Lous

aen de Kaisaren van Japan

Laroons designs were ink drawings produced under commission to the bookseller and consequently he achieved little personal reward or success from the exploitation of his creations

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Saltwater Clam Shells, Plate 233 New Zealand This finely engraved original antiqueTitle : Cardite, Cardita Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23864 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