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Museum Boulterianum. A catalogue of the curious and valuable collection of natural and artificial curiosities in the extensive museum of Daniel Boulter, Yarmouth: consisting of English and foreign birds and beasts in high preservation. Reptiles, fish, and insects, dried and in spirits. Elegant shells, corals, corallines, and other marine productions. Seeds, fruits, and other parts of rare plants. Fine specimens of different ores, petrefactions, spars, fluors, and crystals. Agates, calcedonies, jaspers, carnelians, &c. polished and unpolished. Roman, Egyption, and British antiquities in earthen ware and bronze. Carvings in wood, stone, ivory, and alabaster. Curious ancient enamelings, china and delst. Shell-work, needle-work, &c. crucifixes and rosaries. Ancient stained glass. Parts of dresses utensils, &c. Ancient weapons of war. Old monastic and other seals. Watches, rings, and amulets. Greek, Roman, Egyptian, British, and English coins and medals, in gold, silver, and copper. Dresses, ornaments, weapons of war, fishing-tackle, and other singular inventions of the natives of the lately discovered islands in the South-Seas. Some capital paintings by the first masters. Rare old prints, including a large collection of engraved portraits, with a select library of cuious and valuable books in natural history, antiquities, &c. &c. Some curious missals, and a great number of other singular articles both ancient and modern. Price One Shilling. To be had of Henry Gardner, No. 200, Strand; B. & J. White, Fleet-Street; Darton & Harvey, No. 55, Gracechurch-Street; John Simcoe, No. 11, Great Queen-Street; London. Yarrington and Bacon, and R. Beatniffe, Norwich. And other booksellers in town or country.
Boulter, Daniel.Date: 1794?]- Books
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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-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.
Humphreys, George, active 1797.Date: May 1, 1797- Books
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A catalogue of five entire, curious, and valuable libraries; including all the books of natural history ... Which will begin to be sold this day, 1787. ... By J. Robson and W. Clarke, ...
J. Robson and W. Clarke (Booksellers)Date: 1787]- Books
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Museum falconarianum. A catalogue of the entire and capital museum of anatomical preparations, and other subjects of natural history; a great variety of chirurgical, anatomical, and philosophical instruments; medicaments, cabinets, preparation-glasses, and other effects; of the Late Mr. Magnus Falconar, surgeon, and professor of Anatomy, deceased: which, by order of the adminstrator, will be sold by aution, by Mr. paterson, at his Great Room, No 6. in King-Street, Covent-Garden, London, on Monday the 12th of October 1778, and the nine following evenings, to begin precisely at five o'clock. To be viewed on Wednesday the 7th instant, and to the time of sale. Catalogues, Price One Shilling, may be had at the place of sale; where also may be had, Mr. Falconar's synopsis of his course of lectures on anatomy and surgery, printed only for the use of his pupils, and never before published, Price Five Shillings.
Paterson, Samuel, 1728-1802.Date: 1778]