1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Saltwater Clam Shells, Plate 205 American Indians which was recognized by the which was recognized by the major European Powers on 20 January 1831 April 1873 Sept 1874 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 Great care was to be taken of those articles that were of a doubtful nature