1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Saltwater Clam Shells, Plate 233 Russia This fine beautifully hand coloured

This fine beautifully hand coloured original antique portrait of the Italian Cartographer Giovanni Antonio Magini was engraved by Henricus David in 1632 - date is engraved below portrait

This project appealed to Georges-Louis Leclerc

schematics of barracks and quarters for infantry in France - during the time of the Crimean War and just prior to the American Civil War - was engraved by John T Bowen & co

and returned to Paris in 1719

Title : Boubonoius

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Saltwater Clam Shells, Plate 233 Russia This fine beautifully hand colouredTitle : 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