1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells Plate 257 Town Plans that Laroons original set of

that Laroons original set of forty designs commissioned by the entrepreneurial bookseller Pierce Tempest in 1687 was quickly expanded to seventy-four and continued to be reprinted from the same plates until 1821

Ref #:  21758

Plate area: - 9in & 2in re-join to bottom to centre of image

This fine large original antique map a plan of Olympia

In 1754–1755 he published an edition (12 vols) of Swifts works

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells Plate 257 Town Plans that Laroons original set ofTitle : Mactre, Mactra Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23888 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