. 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. 7 Eighteen ditto, fuch as dromedarius, palpina, leporina, camelina, &c. all lahAlcd Fifteen ditto, viz. quadra, tremula, and various non-defcrlpw ^ Thirty fpecies of Coleoptera, of various genera, chiefly fcaraba;!, all named Ten rare fpecies of Phalens, viz. fulvago, occu
. 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. 7 Eighteen ditto, fuch as dromedarius, palpina, leporina, camelina, &c. all lahAlcd Fifteen ditto, viz. quadra, tremula, and various non-defcrlpw ^ Thirty fpecies of Coleoptera, of various genera, chiefly fcaraba;!, all named Ten rare fpecies of Phalens, viz. fulvago, occulta, L. and various tion-defcript& Nineteen fpecies of Colcopttra, chiefly carabi — Twenty fpecies of fmall Phalenje, chiefly alucit,^. / . / o . Ten rare fpecies &f Phalena, viz. pifi, chi, gothica, fatellitia, triplacia, L. and various non-defcripts, labelled Fittcen beautiful fpecies of Phalenas, all lalelkd Seven fpecies of Libc'.luls, and various Apteras fj)CcicB of Papiliones, and two of Phalena:, all lalelkd / 'fi ... ...... V'lCoc'-i^ 2'o7 Four tin boxes lined with cork, containing duplicates of various Lepidopterie, many if them I'eiy rare, fuch as Phalena precox, L. of which there are no left th:in i 3 pair ^7 / B 2 CORJL /J , 3 . /i. C. 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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