Rick,

You antiquarian shell prints are from the "Manual of Conchology" by George W. Tryon.  The Manual had two series - a marine series and a freshwater/terrestrial series.  The series was completed by Pilsbry after Tryon's death.  The Marine series consisted of 17 volumes published from 1885-1898.  The second series had 28 volumes published from 1885-1935.  Each series was offered in black & white, full color and a "fine edition" where the text was printed on heavy plate paper, the plates duplicated in full color and India tinted.  Supposedly this fine edition was limited to 25 copies.   I have never seen a complete "fine edition" even at the Academy in Philadelphia!

Hope this helps -- by the way I didn't check out all the plates just a sample but all the ones I checked we definiately from Tryon.

Wayne Harland
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Sent:   Thursday, July 01, 1999 11:06 PM
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Subject:        Re: Antique shell prints

John

I just checked the page and it is working fine.
What kind of browser are you using?
You may need to upgrade to the latest version,
although this website is just pure HTML and not even a .asp site.

Cheers

Rick



At 10:15 AM 07/01/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Tried your page and could not get any images.
>
>John & Cheryl Jacobs
>Seffner, FL
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Rick Negus <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 12:35 AM
>Subject: Re: Antique shell prints
>
>
>Hello Conch-lers
>
>I have put up images of some antique shell prints I've collected over the
>years.
>If anyone knows which reference they are from I would be glad to hear from
>them.
>The images are at  http://www.usaplaza.com/specimenshell
>
>Cheers
>
>Rick
>
>