Museum Boulterianum : A catalogue of the curious and valuable collection of natural and artificial curiosities in the extensive museum of Daniel Boulter, Yarmouth: consisting of English and foreign birds and beasts in high preservation. Reptiles, fish, and insects, dried and in spirits. Elegant shells, corals, corallines, and other marine productions. Seeds, fruits, and other parts of rare plants. Fine specimens of different ores, petrefactions, spars, fluors, and crystals. Agates, calcedonies, jaspers, carnelians, &c. polished and unpolished. Roman, Egyption, and British antiquities in earthen ware and bronze. Carvings in wood, stone, ivory, and alabaster. Curious ancient enamelings, china and delst. Shell-work, needle-work, &c. crucifixes and rosaries. Ancient stained glass. Parts of dresses utensils, &c. Ancient weapons of war. Old monastic and other seals. Watches, rings, and amulets. Greek, Roman, Egyptian, British, and English coins and medals, in gold, silver, and copper. Dresses, ornaments, weapons of war, fishing-tackle, and other singular inventions of the natives of the lately discovered islands in the South-Seas. Some capital paintings by the first masters. Rare old prints, including a large collection of engraved portraits, with a select library of cuious and valuable books in natural history, antiquities, &c. &c. Some curious missals, and a great number of other singular articles both ancient and modern. Price One Shilling. To be had of Henry Gardner, No. 200, Strand; B. & J. White, Fleet-Street; Darton & Harvey, No. 55, Gracechurch-Street; John Simcoe, No. 11, Great Queen-Street; London. Yarrington and Bacon, and R. Beatniffe, Norwich. And other booksellers in town or country.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boulter, Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Natural history.

Genre:

Advertisements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],vi,165,[3]p. )

Other Title:

Museum Boulterianum

Place of Publication:

[London : s.n., 1794?]

Notes:

With an initial advertisement leaf, and a final list of donors.

Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T170725.

OCLC:

509154088