Title
Museum Calonnianum : specification of the various articles which compose the magnificent museum of natural history
Title Variants
Alternative:
M. Calonne's Catalogue of shells
Alternative:
Museum Calonnianum
Alternative:
Museum Calonnianum et Boltenianum, 1797-1819
By
Calonne, Charles Alexandre de, 1734-1802
Humphreys, George, active 1797-
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
London, [s.n.], May 1, 1797
Notes
[Part 1], composed primarily of shells.
Signatures: A-L⁴ M².
Reads at end: End of the first part.
Compiled by George Humphreys.
"It is matter of great regret to the proprietors, that owing to the length of time required to compile the following sheets ... little more than the shells will be found described."--P. iv-v (1st group).
No more published.
Listing includes (from title page): "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."
ESTC (online) | T108286
Subjects
1734-1802
,
Calonne, Charles Alexandre de,
,
Catalogs
,
Catalogs and collections
,
Early works to 1800
,
France
,
Natural history
,
Natural history collections
,
Natural history museums
,
Shells
Call Number
QH72 .C16
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.82544
OCLC:
9140711
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51507441
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