Antique, big copperplate engraving, hand coloured of Oysters, on handmade thick, uncut paper. Engraved by Benard.
Histoire Naturelle, Vers Testaces a Coquille Bivalve irreguliere, showing 11 different oysters.
The engravings are from “Tableau Encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature” published by Charles Joseph Panckoucke c.1790.
Size 46 x 31 cm. Condition Extremely Good.