A catalogue of the genuine and most curious collection of sardonyx's, onyx's, opals, garnets, agates, porphyrys, and other Oriental stones; antique cameo's and intaglia's in rings, pictures, and miniatures; curious mathematical and optical instruments, and other valuable effects, belonging to Robert Hughes, consul general for the Dutch and agent for the English at Grand Cairo in Egypt : collected during a residence there of thirty-three years : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Bastin, at his auction room, in Exeter Change, in the Strand, on Monday the 17th of this instant December 1770, and the following day.

Leaf [C]1 may be a cancel; catchword "Curious" on B2 verso does not match first word "Impressions" on [C]1 recto. ; Headpiece. ; Signatures: [A]² B² [C]²(-[C]2). ; Final page blank. ; Place of publication, publisher, and date of publication inferred from title page. ; "Note. In the second day will be sold that extremely rare and great curiosity, The Stone of the World, representing the globe; also two Egyptian mummies; beautiful collection of sulphurs from the Roman, Florentine, and other cabinets; six volumes in folio of the Herculaneum, an exceeding fair copy; an orrery, and a pair of globes... Mehr ...