Antique Print of Molluscs and other Marine Life by Flipart (1742)

Description: Antique print titled ‚Glands de Mer, Poussepieds, Conques Anatiferes, Pholades aux dépens deMr. De Beze de Lys conseiler au Parlement’. This print originates from ‘L’histoire naturelle éclaicie dans deux de ses parties principales La Lithologie et la Conchyliologie (..)’ published by D. d’Argenville, Paris, 1742.

Artists and Engravers: Jean Jacques Flipart (1719-1782) was a French engraver. His father was French engraver Jean Charles Flipart, under whom he received his initial training in the engraver's art. Flipart later trained under French engraving master Laurent Cars.