Wayne

Thanks very much for the info

Rick

At 08:45 AM 07/02/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>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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>
>"The trouble with doing something right the first time
>is the no one realizes how difficult it really was."
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Rick Negus [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:   Thursday, July 01, 1999 11:06 PM
>To:     [log in to unmask]
>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
>>[log in to unmask]
>>----- 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
>>
>>
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