1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Terebratula Lamp Shells Plate 242 South America The Embrace contains all of

<b>The Embrace</b> contains all of the elements of an adulterous tryst with the stag horns on the chandelier being a common symbol of cuckoldry

Volume XXXIV (Suppléments V) : Des Époques de la nature

This fine original copper-plate engraved antique map of the Tonga Island (Friendly Islands) with the routes taken by Captain James Cook visits to the Islands in his 2nd voyage in 1773 in HMS Resolution & Discovery and his 3rd and last voyage in 1777 in HMS Resolution & Discovery

Size: 16in x 14in (405mm x 355mm)

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1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Terebratula Lamp Shells Plate 242 South America <b>The Embrace</b> contains all ofTitle : Terebratule, Terebratula Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23873 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