Antique Print of various Shells by Flipart (1742)

Description: Antique print titled ‚Coquillages Terrestres Vivants aux dépens de Mr. Bernard de Rieux President au Parlement de Paris’. 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.