MUSEUM CALONNIANUM. 



SPECIFICATION 



OF THE 



VARIOUS ARTICLES 



WHICH COMPOSE THE 



-MAGNIFICENT MUSEUM 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY 



COLLECTED BY 



M. De CALONNE in FRANCE, ^ 



And lately his Property ; 



CONSJSTING OF 



AN ASSEMBLAGE 



OF THE MOST 



BEAUTIFUL AND RARE SUBJECTS 



IN 



ENTOMOLOGY, CONCHOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY, 

 MINERALOGY, &c. 



AMONG •WHICH ARE 



The mofl elegant and finely-coloured of the Bird and Insect 

 Tribes, the mofl fplendid and uncommon Shells, many of 

 them unique; the various Ores of Gold, Silver, and other 

 Metals, remarkable for Colour, Figure, or Richnefs; the 

 different CrystalhSations of Spars, Fluors, &c. all the 

 high Gems, Agates, and other beautiful Stones ; containing 

 many fuperb and valuable Specimens; together with fome 

 curious Echini, Fish, Amphibia, matchlefs Ludi Natur.e, 

 being Portraits in Egyptian Peebles, &c. and various 

 mifcellaneous Subjects. 



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All v^Uch are noxo exhibiting at Savilp Houfe, on the North SiJe of 

 Leiceller Square, previous to the Sale thereof. 



J.ONDON, May i, 1797. 

 N.4.,l^ei,ce5ter treat, Leicester T?-^c€ 



