A catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased: which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786 ... at her late dwelling-house, in Privy-garden, Whitehall / [by the Rev. J. Lightfoot].

Date:: 1786

Credit: A catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased: which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786 ... at her late dwelling-house, in Privy-garden, Whitehall / [by the Rev. J. Lightfoot]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$2u6 Nine fine UiiivMlves, viz. tuo of Cyprxa Tigris, two of Lynx, one of Mtiuri* liniui, tu'o Voluta Olla, L, and a pair of Bucchnim Barbiton, S. or fniooth- ridged Harp 2I -J7 A fine Veiu'.s 'I'igrina, and three fine fpeclinens of Ofirea Pe<Slines, viz. ^laxima, Z,. finely fpotted, Cinnabarina, Born, Muf, 103. a finall variety of I’leiironccles, L. 01 IcHer Compafs Pedten z I jS A large Merita glaucina, two Voluta Vefpertilio, two fine and large varieties of Oliva, L. Ma-Qn, l\. 529. two Buccinuin tefiudo, S. Sel>a HI. ’]0,Jig, 2, 3, and 4. of the Buec. Hat pa ^ L. 2149 Fourteen cards of cm lous and rare fmall petrifadrions, confiding of Anomlae, Eelemnites, iiehinlics, .Buccina, iMurlces, &c. 2150 Venus Punclaia, d'. Rum. 43. G. and two curious varieties of Venus literata, L. 2151 Fifteen curds, containing a variety of fmall fpecimens of Hallotls, among which are Annina, tubcrculuta, firlata, L. &c. Ziyi Nine backs of raic fpccics of Cancer, viz. two of Maculatus, two of L.adlatus, one of PunCiacus, L- and four more. 2rf3 Murex IMorio, with it's Epidermis on ; Buccinum Galea, Qleariuin, L. Cotur- nix, S. and 3 others 2 i ;4 A beautiful group ot a fcarce variety of Balanus Timinnabulum, 5. (Lepas, L») fome of them having their Opcrcula and tentacula in them; with a number of Idler one’s adhering, ve>y fine 2153 Six fine varieties (four fpecies) of the Harp kind, viz. Buccuium barbiton, Cithara, Pandiira, and I'eflndo, S. 2156 Twenty-one eards., containing various fpecies of fmall Buccina, all of them labdld 21:7 Six curious Ipiecies of Madtra, viz, Truncata, L, from ’Netvfoundlaml, 2 v.alves ofr.agofa, rare, a fine Eburnea, 5. three others, and a curious Solen from Coromaiulcl 21 48 A fine Area nodtilofa, 5. or ftudded Ark, Gualt..^~i . E. one valve of a curious fpecies of Mya, umlefcribcd, from China, and an Oyfter on a Coral, from Sumatra 21 39 Three ivory ferew-boxes, containing a minute fpecicsof Nautilus, an Ammonia, both from CZ>/V/a, and an Englifli Helix 'id'A\xl\\o\'\c^,i.vuhfe3ions of diuo-, a Cocoa nut ferew-box, including various minute fpecies of Nautili from the Englilh Coafi; a card of other fmall flrells, and various fpecimens of Nautilus fpirula, L. 2160 Venus Caftrenfis, or Camp CocTde ; two varieties of Meretrix, and an Oftrea Pallium, L. all fine 2i6t Two fine fpecimens of Trochus Pyrimidalis, or Egyptian Pyramid, one with a fine green mouth, from the Red Sea—undeficrlbed and rare 2162 A large and very perfedV. fpecimeii of Madrepora mamillofa, £//« Radiata, Ellli Zoopb. fab. Otj.fig. 8. from the E, Indies—‘verj rare$