1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Saltwater Clam Shells Plate 284 Solomon Islands or City of the First

or City of the First Order

Oxley was dismissive of the region

and is credited (with Richard Wilson) as the originator of the 18th-century British landscape school

and from the papers of Joseph Banks

Size: 15in x 9 1/2in (385mm x 235mm)

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Saltwater Clam Shells Plate 284 Solomon Islands or City of the FirstTitle : Lucine, Lucina Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23915 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