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