PORTLAND MUSEUM. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased: Which will be Sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786... [London, 1786]. 4to, contemporary half calf, worn, upper cover detached, morocco spine label. PRICED WITH MANY BUYERS' NAMES in a contemporary hand, with sale totals. Engraved frontispiece.

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PORTLAND MUSEUM. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased: Which will be Sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786... [London, 1786]. 4to, contemporary half calf, worn, upper cover detached, morocco spine label. PRICED WITH MANY BUYERS' NAMES in a contemporary hand, with sale totals. Engraved frontispiece.

Lot Essay

Although the most of the 4156 lots in the collection consisted primarily of natural history specimens, its most prominent lots were: Lot 4155, the Barberini (or "Portland") Vase which sold to "D. of Portland" for #1029 (Horace Walpole was present at the sale and bought the preceding lot--the head of Jupiter Serapis, which was also from the Barberini cabinet); and Lot 2951, the Bedford Missal which sold to Humphries for #213.3 (on behalf of James Edwards).

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