A catalogue of the genuine and capital collection of natural history, collected by that well-known connoisseur, the late Charles Chauncey, M.D. Fellow of the Royal Antiquarian Society, together with several curious articles selected by his brother Nathaniel Chauncery, Esq. deceased : Among which we a pleasing affortment of beautiful shells, some of them very scarce, particularly the orange gowry, and two elegant cups, formed of the nautilus shell, finely engraved and carved by C. Bellekin; a great variety of agates, mochos, jaspers, sardonyxes, crystals, gems, and other curious stones, remarkable for beauty or rarity; corals, petrifactions; uncommonly fine specimens of amber gum-copal, some of them inclosing insects; preserved birds, and numerous other productions of nature, together with the elegant mahogany cabinets and glass cases which contained them. Which by order of the executors of Nathaniel Chauncey, Esq. late of Castle-Street, Leicester-Fields. Will be sold by auction, by Mr. Gerard, at his house in Litchfield-Street, St. Anne's, Soho, on Monday, April 12, 1790, and the three following days, at twelve o'clock precisely. To be viewed on Friday, the 9th, and Saturday, the 10th from ten o'clock till three. Catalogues may be had of Messrs Skinner and Dyke, Aldergate-street; at No. 28, Castle-street, Leicester-fields; and at Mr. Gerard's.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerard, Mr. (John), -1794.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Catalogues. 1790

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--Catalogs--Early works to 1800.

Natural history.

Auction catalogs--Early works to 1800.

Auction catalogs.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

26 pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

[London] : [publisher not identified], [1790]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T30285.

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