Comte de Lacepede
Stipple engraving. C1820. 55mm by 40mm (image) 235mm by 155mm (sheet). Bernard-Germain-Etienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacepede (1756 - 1825) was a French naturalist.
The Lacepede islands were discovered by Nicolas Baudin in 1801, and named in honour of Lacepede, who described several Australian fish species. " Item #1550
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