. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. c/l-(yy/c^ 934 y , ,U 937 939 ^ ⢠940 Cz i^A^^^t/'t4u^ 942 - \ /2:5!-^ 943 944 J^i-y 945 ( 39 ) Two varieties of Helix achatina, the broad firtpcd Zebra, & purple moiuli'd from Guinea, and a terreftrial Helix from Surinam, Lijl. eond'. 1055. {. v/V. , Juijier's Journe
. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. c/l-(yy/c^ 934 y , ,U 937 939 ^ ⢠940 Cz i^A^^^t/'t4u^ 942 - \ /2:5!-^ 943 944 J^i-y 945 ( 39 ) Two varieties of Helix achatina, the broad firtpcd Zebra, & purple moiuli'd from Guinea, and a terreftrial Helix from Surinam, Lijl. eond'. 1055. {. v/V. , Juijier's Journey to Paris A variety of Murcx fexatilis, L. vtry rare ^ ^ A fine Spondylus Gzderopus, L, or purple SpondyluSj^/ir/wr^/ upon thi hoxvl of * Turkijh tobacco-pipe, from Alexandria A large and fiae Buccinum liKmaftoma, L> rare â Bulla phyfis, L. l>. from China, and veficaria, S. from the JK Indies^ loth rare A pair of fine Buccinum bombycinum, S. a new fpecies from Ne'i^} Zealand Two rare pearly Mytili, frmn Puh ConJote, brown, and green radiated with black, rare A fine large fpecimcn of Coiius Prometheus, iJ. from Guineaâ^are Two fine pair of Bulla Virginea, different varieties; Helix pervcrfa, and afmalj achatina, L, all rare A fine pair of Buccinum decuflatum, L. very rare A fine Trochus folaris, L. remarkable for having double fplnes, from the fFejf Indiesârare The American Flag Buccinum,/>-fl/« the N. W, Caafi ef America-^txtremely fcane^ Martin Fol. Lfg^ i. c. A fine Chama Lazarus, wry r«>"f, _. /â â L End 0/thf Ninth Day's Sale». Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley, Duchess of, 1714-1785; Lightfoot, John, 1735-1788; Dance, S. Peter, associated name. DSI; Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner. DS
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