Essai sur l'histoire naturelle du polype, insecte
A French natural history treatise on the polyp, written by Henry Baker and translated by Pierre Demours, published in 1744 by Durand for naturalists and scholars. Its plate shows numbered engravings of polyps and their tentacled forms, drawn in fine line on a plain page, which a designer could use for botanical-style specimen layouts or vintage scientific diagrams.
