1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Plate 279 Canada du Bourbonnois

du Bourbonnois

They called of old this island Land of Paradise for its abundance and wonderful qualities

and on the birds and mammals brought back from the French expedition to Abyssinia between 1839 and 1843

with the hide hanging down the back to protect the neck from the sun

When Ferrante died in 1494

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Plate 279 Canada du BourbonnoisTitle : Venus, Venus Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23910 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