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> " Sr. John St. Aubyn from the Calonnian Museum 29th June 1797 Foliated 
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> 0.10.6"
> Does anyone know of this museum?

This was the French collector and disgraced financier C.A. de Calonne 
(1734-1802). His collection sold by the dealer George Humphrey, see:

HUMPHREY, George (1797) Museum Calonnianum : specification of the various 
articles that compose the ... museum of natural history collected by M. de 
Calonne ... all of which are now exhibiting at Saville House ... previous to 
the sale thereof. London. pt. 1, viii, 84pp.

I have more info somewhere - will have a look!

Mick Cooper