1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Plate 274 World and producing the first self-portrait

and producing the first self-portrait print of himself and his wife

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1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Plate 274 World and producing the first self-portraitTitle : Venus, Venus Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23905 Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique Conchology or Shell print by Jean Baptiste Lamarck was drawn by Henri Joseph Redoute (1766 1852) younger brother of the famous illustrator P J Redoute engraved by Robert Benard and published in the 1789 edition of Tableau encyclopdique et mthodique des trois rgnes de la nature(1782