"Original Framed Engraving From 1844 Of "the Green Crab" By Charles d'Orbigny"
Original steel engraving from 1848, from the UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF NATURAL HISTORY edited by Charles d'Orbigny. Plate 2 of crustaceans, depicting the Pelagian Lupea (Lupa pelagira), signed Blanchard Pinx. / Fournier SC. / Folliau Imp. This plate was sold by subscription with another plate in a cardboard sleeve before the multi-volume editions. Framed in pitch pine with a fillet. I have other plates of fish and shells available for framing. 
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