1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Terebratula Lamp Shells Plate 243 Holy land During the height of the

During the height of the Great Depression

George Kearsley 1751 - 1813

while European maps of India remain very sketchy

in China in the first week of December and from there followed the East India trade route via Sunda Strait to Cape Town

This original copper-plate engraved map by Jean Denis Barbie du Bocage was engraved in 1786 - dated in the title - and was published in the 1787 edition of Jean-Jacques Barthelemy famous Voyage du jeune Anarcharsis en Grece or Travels of Anacharsis the younger in Greecein 4 volumes

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Terebratula Lamp Shells Plate 243 Holy land During the height of theTitle : Terebratule, Terebratula Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23874 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