Constantinw please semd me some scans Regards Riccardo Giannuzzi Savelli ---------- >Dear ALL, > >Today I have a special important request: > >Giuzeppe Mamo (1793-1865) was one of our doyens who studied the >local mollusca. His collection was bought by the government and was >last seen at the then National Library of Malta. However, after the >war the whereabouts of this collection could not be traced! At the >Museum of Natural History of Mdina Malta (where I have been helping >voluntarily during my years of retirement) we have found samples >with handwritten labels of an undeciphered contributor which could >possibly belong to Mamo. Mamo's most important exchanges were the >endemic Clausiliidae. We have not been able to find anything written >by Mamo so that, perhaps we would compare his handwriting with those >mysterious labels. We were wondering if any of you, especially >curators, have ever come across with any signed labels with Mamo's >samples in your collections. All we want is a scan of any of these >labels to compare with our undeciphered labels. > > >Here is a list of a few of his important correspondents (after A. A. >Caruana 1867) > >Prof. Gray (British Museum), Prof. Otto (Liverpool), Prof. Warwick >(Zoological Gardens), Prof. W. V. Hennack (Plymouth), H. Cuming, >(London), Lady Selina Henry, Prof. Litch, Governor Sir W. Denison >(Australia). Prof. Duffosi (Paris), Prof. Cremiens (Marseilles), >Prof. Callioz (Vienna), Prof. Maravigna, Piazza Ciantar, Aradas, >Guttadauro and Benoit (Sicily). > > > >Thank you heartily for your efforts, > >Constantine Mifsud, > >MALTA > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] - a forum >for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on >the following web link: >http://listserv.uga.edu/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?SUBED1=conch-l-L&A=1 Type >your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave >the list. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?SUBED1=conch-l-L&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------