1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells - Pl 256 Science Paper size: - 15in x

Paper size: - 15in x 10in (380mm x 255mm) Plate size: - 13in x 9 1/2in (330mm x 240mm)

This fine original copper plate engraved antique map of Straits of Magellan

resulting in the death of captain Viquesnel

Van-Diemens Land with the original 11 counties - was engraved by John Dower in 1834 and was published in the 1835 edition of Henry Teesdale's A New General Atlas of the World

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells - Pl 256 Science Paper size: - 15in xTitle : Mactre, Mactra Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 205mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23887 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