Shells : miscellaneous plates | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Genre:Illustrated works

Physical Description:[40] leaves of plates : all ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:40827135

Notes:

Binder's title

Plates are numbered (in pencil) 1-26, 26a, 27-39

Plates 1-13 have note "Perry's Japan" in lower left corner. Plates 1-10 and 12-13 were subsequently published on plates 1, 3-4 of the Report on the shells collected by the Japan Expedition, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, U.S.N., together with a list of Japan shells, by John C. Jay (issued in: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy ... v. 2, p. [289]-297)

Plates 14-18 have pencil notation "Unpublished plates of Conrad?"; plate 15 is a col. version of plate 14. Plate 19 annotated "Conrad, Pl. 65." Plate 20 marked "C. Brevoort" in lower left corner. Plates 21, 26-29 marked "Agnes Mitchell, del." in lower left corner. Plates 22-25 and 26a lack notations; plate 25 is an uncol. version of plate 26; plate 26a is another col. version of plate 26. Plates 30-39 are numbered Plates II-VI (plates 30, 32, 34, 36 and 38 are uncol. versions of plates 31, 33, 35, and 39 respectively)

"Wolfe memorial gift--Jay Library" bookplate on front endpaper. [Removed after encapsulation.]