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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![3140 5«4‘ 3142 3143 3144 3145 3246 3147 3148 3H9 3'SO 3151 3132 31^3 3154 3155 3156 3157 3158 3>59 C 14^ ■) Nine curious Bivalves, viz. Venus exoleta, two varieties ofProftrata, L. Scripta, i'.. and.two others; Donax fcortum, L. and two more Three pair of Buccina, viz..Cakaraium, Inns>nitum, and Morbofum, S.—nlI rare A fine pair of Voluta miulcata, 5. one ’iKuth the cpiJermii on, Lijicr, 810. 19. from, the W, Indiei—rare A pair of fine clouded fpecimens of Helix pci vcrfa, Z., fiom China, and another curious and.rare terrefijial Snail Five curious fpecimens of Tellina, viz. Lingua fciis,,Z,. two varieties of Au- lica, from China, Fapyracea, from Coromandel,-AwdL. Conipta, 5. from Mada- ga/car Two large and fine varieties of Conus literatus, L. viz. the great yellow banded Alphabet, with it’s epidermis on, fro.m Ora^’r//r, and the Hebraica with fmall fjjots, from Madagafcar Three varieties of three f])ecies of Univalves, (hewing the different ftages qf growth, viz. Cypiasa exanthema, Strombus pugilis, and the pink-clouded Strombus of Guinea Seven cards, containing various fpecies of Dentallum, viz. Elephantlnum, Den- talis, Corneum, Entails, L. &c.. Two large fpecimens of Voluta Pyrum, L. from CZ>/«<r, .one of them with afine mouth, rare Two of a fcarce variety of Conus capitaneus, var. c. S. Knorr, II. 6, 3. and a large and beautiful variety of Voluta oliva, L. Seba III. 5. C. A fpecimen of a curious dwarf variety of Madrepora Damaecornis, L. or Deer’s- horn Coral, and Madrepora fragilis, a very rare undejeribedfpecies, having it's fiellular tubes conneMed by a fragile nvhite papyraceus coralline matter, both from the Eafi Indies A very large and fine f])eclmen of Murex Coins, L. or Crane Shell, from China, —rare Four bcautifubfpeclinens of Venus, viz. Gaftrenfis, Z,. Tumida, and two of Hians, 5. all from China Three very curious undeferibed fmall fpecies of Murex, extremely rare Two large and fine fjiecimens of Strombus palullris, L. or great black Club, from China—fcarce A very fine pair of the black variety of Murex Scorpio, L. or Skeleton Shell, from China-rare A fine Bulla phylis, L. from China, and Veficaria, S. from the W, Indies A large and fine Anomia Caput Serpentis, Z,. voith tire internalffuHure complete, from Falkland's Ifand—rare A pair of large and fine Buccinum taurinum, S, Lifer, 841. 69. from China— very rare A pair of very perfe(B and beautiful Cypraea Mappa, L. or Map Cowry, from Aniboyna—rare 3160 A](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28759254_0154.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
