1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells - Pl 259 Architectural The moment of highest prestige

The moment of highest prestige for Mantua was the Council

he became a member with Louis Godin and Pierre Bouguer of the expedition sent to Peru in 1735 to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in the neighborhood of the equator

This large original antique World map on Mercator's projection was engraved in 1821 - the date is engraved in the title - and was published in Adrien Brue's (1786 - 1832) large Atlas Universel de Geographie

Title : De La Terre En General

(Five years later

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells - Pl 259 Architectural The moment of highest prestigeTitle : Mactre, Mactra Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 205mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23890 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