Antique, copperplate engraving, Barnacles, plate 166.
(Lepas anatifera) is a marine animal, which lives fixed on a rock or driftwood, and sometimes attaches itself to turtles or whales.The body consists of a long foot ending in a shell. This beautiful illustration is from " Histoire Naturelle, Vers Testaces a Coquille Multivalve, engraved by Benard.
Published in “Tableau Encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature” by Charles Joseph Panckoucke c.1790.
Size 22.5 x 29.5 cm. Condition Extremely Good.
