Histoire Naturelle, Coquilles de Mer

Copper engraving, finely colored by hand, in excellent condition.

Taken from the "Histoire Naturelle, Coquilles Fossiles", appendix of the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, by Diderot and D'Alambert. This work is a great encyclopedia published in the XVIII century, in French, by a large group of intellectuals under the direction of Diderot and D'Alembert.