1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Plate 266 Papua New Guinea by Jakob van Schley -

by Jakob van Schley - after De Bry - in 1755 was published in Antoine François Prevosts 15 volumes of Histoire Generale des Voyages written by Prevost & other authors between 1746-1790

Gallico et Batavo sceptro parentes constituunt nova Tabula Geographica a Tobia Majero Math

on the homeward voyage

but Laroon gave each subject their own page

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Plate 266 Papua New Guinea by Jakob van Schley -Title : Venus, Venus Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23897 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