. 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. _ 6~. ao62 ASTERIi^, SHELL CORALS, 7. fig. 8. and Tw^o large and rare fpecies of , viz. Nodofa, Linck. tab cqueftris, L. Link. tab. 12. Thirty-nine cards of various fmall fpecies of Turbo,Toot^" of the;n rare ' — Twenty fine Univalves of various genera, among whi
. 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. _ 6~. ao62 ASTERIi^, SHELL CORALS, 7. fig. 8. and Tw^o large and rare fpecies of , viz. Nodofa, Linck. tab cqueftris, L. Link. tab. 12. Thirty-nine cards of various fmall fpecies of Turbo,Toot^" of the;n rare ' — Twenty fine Univalves of various genera, among which are Voluta mufica^ vefpertilio, Cyprma Zebra, Bulla ovum, Buccinum vibex, L. Trifte, S. Sec. Six curious fpecies of Area, viz. Antiquata, L. rhombea, grata, crenata, 5'* one undefcribcd ; and another from AVxu Holland A group of .Lepas anatifern, taken off the belly of a Ha'-joh\-bill Turtle in the Atlantic; a fine Venus Crafl'i, S. Madras, and three varieties of a frefli-water Venus, from China IV,I 2 / •'"^ f 2067 Two. 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. DSI; Roper, Clyde F. E. , 1937- , donor. DSI; Skinner and Company. [London : s. n. ]
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