1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Terebratula Lamp Shells Plate 243 Conchology abolishing the system of castas

abolishing the system of castas

This fine original copper-plate engraved antique print of a young Tahitian presenting Captain James Cook with a present of a large cloth skirt - visited by Captain James Cook during the third voyage of discovery in 1777 - after John Webber - was published in the 1784 English publication of Cooks third Voyage

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and the Colton General Atlas maps used by Johnson come from Colton's Travellers Series of maps - see our copies of Penn

Date : 1851

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Terebratula Lamp Shells Plate 243 Conchology abolishing the system of castasTitle : 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