@article{517895, note = {Compiled by George Humphreys.}, author = {Humphreys, George,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/517895}, title = {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: Consisting of an Assemblage of the Most Beautiful and Rare Subjects in Entomology, Conchology, Ornithology, Mineralogy, &c. among which are 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. All which are now exhibiting at Saville House, on the North Side of Leicester Square, previous to the sale thereof [electronic resource].}, publisher = {[s.n.],}, recid = {517895}, pages = {viii,84p. ;}, address = {London :}, year = {1797}, month = {May}, }