Antique, copperplate engraving, hand coloured of Oysters, plate 179. Engraved by Benard.
Histoire Naturelle, Vers Testaces a Coquille Bivalve irreguliere, showing 5 different stages of the oyster.
The engravings are from “Tableau Encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature” published by Charles Joseph Panckoucke c.1790.
Size 23 x 31 cm. Condition Good.
