Museum Calonnianum. Specification of the various articles which compose the magnificent museum of na...
Museum Calonnianum. Specification of the various articles which compose the magnificent museum of natural history collected by M. de Calonne in France: And lately his Property: Consisting of an Assemblage of the Most Beautiful and Rare Subjects in Entomology, Conchology, Ornithology, Mineralogy, &c. among which are The most elegant and finely-coloured of the Bird and Insect Tribes, the most splendid and uncommon Shells, many of them unique; the various Ores of Gold, Silver, and other Metals, remarkable for Colour, Figure, or Richness; the different Crystallizations of Spars, Fluors, &c. all the high Gems, Agates, and other beautiful Stones; containing many superb and valuable Specimens; together with some curious Echini, Fish, Amphibia, matchless Ludi Naturae, being Portraits in Egyptian Pebbles, &c. and various miscellaneous Subjects. All which are now exhibiting at Saville House, on the North Side of Leicester Square, previous to the sale thereof [electronic resource].
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London : [s.n.], May 1, 1797.
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May 1, 1797.
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viii,84p. ; 8°.
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London : [s.n.], May 1, 1797.
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England
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May 1, 1797.
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Museum Calonnianum. Specification of the various articles which compose the magnificent museum of natural history collected by M. de Calonne in France: And lately his Property: Consisting of an Assemblage of the Most Beautiful and Rare Subjects in Entomology, Conchology, Ornithology, Mineralogy, &c. among which are The most elegant and finely-colou...
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Compiled by George Humphreys.
Reads at end: 'End of the first part'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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ESTC T108286.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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