Illustrations Conchyliologiques: Shell Prints of Jean Charles Chenu September 11, 2009

Museum of Printing History
1324 W Clay St
Houston, Texas 77019

This exhibition showcases over 30 hand-colored, copperplate engravings. This series by Jean Charles Chenu (1808-1879), a French physician and naturalist, is one of the most sumptuous and prized shell publications of the 19th century.

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