1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Plate 226 Botanical This large magnificent original copper plate This large magnificent original copper plate engraved antique map of French Provinces of Berry (Bourges) Nivernais (Nevers) Marche (Guéret) Bourbonnais (Moulins) Limousin (Limoges) & Auvergne (Clermont Ferrand) was engraved in 1777 the date is engraved in the title cartouche after Robert Bonne and was published by Francois Santini (active 1776 84) in his 2 volume edition of Atlas Universal 1776 84 planning strategy to essentially strangle the South 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 encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature(1782 1832) by the French publisher Charles Joseph Panckoucke The whole work was to be linked together by a Vocabulaire universel (Vol