1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells - Pl 255 China James Cook entered Prince William

James Cook entered Prince William Sound in 1778 and named it Sandwich Sound

was engraved by Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot and published in the 1842 1st edition of Dumont d UrvillesVoyage au Pole Sud et dans l Océanie sur les corvettes l Astrolabe et la Zélée : Exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840

the volume included a portrait of the author

Benedetto Alfieri

Milton) in 1794

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Surf Clam Shells - Pl 255 China James Cook entered Prince WilliamTitle : Mactre, Mactra Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 205mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23886 1 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