CATALOGUE 
 
 Of the GENUINE and moft CURIOUS 
 
 c O L L E G T I O N 
 
 OF 
 
 Sardonyx s, Onyx\ Opals, Garnets, Agates, 
 PoRPHYRYs, and other Oriental Stones ; 
 Antique Cameo’s and Intaglia’s in Rings, Pictures, and 
 . Miniatures curious Mathematical and Optical Inftru- 
 ments, and other valuable Effects, 
 
 _ belonging to 
 
 ROBERT HUGHES 
 
 _ Conful General for the Dutch, and Agent for the Ettglijb, ’ 
 
 at Grand CairOy in Egypt y 
 
 Colleaed during a Refidence there of Thirty-three Years. 
 
 Which will be fold by Auction, 
 
 By Mr. B A S T I N, 
 
 At his Auction Room, in Exeter Changey in the Strand 
 
 On Monday the 17th of this Inftant December 1770, and the 
 
 following Day. ^ 
 
 Note, In the fccond Day will be Ibid, that extremely rare and great Curiofity 
 The Stone of die WorW, reprefeming the Globe; alfo two Egyptian Mum- 
 m|es ; beautiful Colledion of Sulphurs from the Roman, Floren ine7 aL 
 other Cabinets ; Six Volumes in Folio of the Herculaneum, an McJediJc 
 fair Copy ; an Orrery, and a Pair of Globes. e*ceeaiqg 
 
 The whole may be viewed on Wgl^fday the ,2,h Inftant. till .he Time of Sale, wl.ich wUI 
 begin each Day punaually at Twelve o’clock * “ 
 
 ' by Urdcr of the Proprietor. ® 
 
ROBERT H U G p ES, a fubje<H: oPflngland';; who liv^in Egypt fbr thefc thlft^^. 
 three years paft, had the cEarge conful general for the Dutch, and agent for the Engii/h 
 thefe thirteen years paft at Grand Cairo, &c. In the year 1751 was brought to him by an 
 Abafine merchant, a ycry^rrous Oriental tr^fparentj war^ Jppaz'jpe^^ Lot 74 in the 
 Catalogue, which he foupd in the river Nigar, iri. the kingdom of Ab^fine, and called it, 
 in the Arab tongue, II Fus el Deehie 5 6r, the Stone of the World j it refembles the four 
 elements, with the iftars in the firmament, and faid it was the only ftone of the kind that 
 ever was known to be found in their river or country. The bottom part of this ftone re- 
 prefents water, fand, rocks and weeds y with a fi(h,* called the'mullet, dartii^ from *t|ic 
 bottom of the Tea to feed upon land. The ftone weighs feven ounces and fome drahms, is 
 larger than a goofe’s egg, and much in that Ihape ; few years after came feverabtiavellers of 
 different nations to view the curiofities ofTgypt, who were defirous of feeing (he fevcral 
 antiquities aqj^curiofities I generally had by me ; amongft which they faw the above menl 
 tioned ftoni,^and after examining it, they advifed me to fend it to* England j or fome other 
 part of Europe ; I told them I hoped in a fbort time to bring it myfclf^ which :I accord- 
 ingly did, altho’ I remained there feveral years after. Many gentlemen verfed in antiquities 
 and Oriental ftoncs, declared, that in all their travels they never bad feen fuch a curious 
 ftone j and gave their opinion that it was tbc greateft curiofity in Nature. The Mufeum, 
 the Royal and Antiquarian Societies had a fight of it when it was rough, and as I was 
 obliged to be in Holland laft wipter to fettle fome affairs with their High MightinefTcs, I 
 then had it polifhed. v ' 
 
 The feveral forts and qualities of different Oriental tranfparent ftones^ that are mentioned 
 in this catalogue, arc fardonyx’s of different colours and fizes j as alfo opals of the 2d, 3d,, 
 and 4th quality, avanturina, girafole, calcidonio, and pieta fteilata, fo called in Italian. 
 
 Thsfe faid ftoncs have been efteemed in old times by the ancient learned, to be ftones of 
 vertue, andds countedTo now by the Romans, French, Italian*, &c. There are alfo other 
 curious Oriental ftoncs, fuch as verdi antiche, of different qualities, porphyry, marbles, ala- 
 bafter, roots of emerald, a fev/ Syrian garnets, and a fmall quantity of the real compofition, 
 fuch as the antient Egyptians ufed to-make their mofaick work, in Pharaoh's time, for the 
 Egyptian compofition was always held inefteen), both by the ancient and modern connoif- 
 feurs. 1 he Oriental ftoncs were chiefly found in Abafine, in the river Nigar, and Arabia 
 Felix ; about the old ancient city of Captos, and the ruins of the city of Memphis, the two 
 old cities of Alexandria, and other ancient cities going up the Nile into Upper Egypt, as far 
 as Thebes,, which cities are now reduced to villages on each fide of the banks of the river 
 Kile, and were collected by the aforefaid Robert Hughes, who entirely fubmits himfdf and 
 them to thecandouL and goodnbfs^of the nobility and gentry of the.'e kingdoms. 
 
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 Firft Day’s Safe, Monday., December 1770. ■, 
 
 SHELLS, FOSSIL S, &c. 
 
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 1 ^-|^WO mufic fhclls, 2 cowries, and 2 other (hells ^ . • 
 
 2 X A pared of (hells, &c, r ’ i ; i .1 
 
 3 A ditto, with barnacles, &c. 
 
 ♦3 Two china (hells 
 
 4 Apiece of curious dentrites, in a frame 
 
 5 A parcel ©f foflil (hells and other petrefa<Stions ; 
 
 6 Two fpecimens of foffil wood from Harwich, with ftaladites from Dcrby(hire 
 
 y A large fpecimen of Scotch afbeftus, a piece of green ditto, and a ma(s of Fribourg 
 agate 
 
 8 A large glofTopetra from Harwich, with (bmc ludi helmontii from ditto 
 ' 9 A parcel of agate, &c. from Scotland 
 10 A piece of dog tooth fpar, with 8 fpecimens various 
 
 n A fmall fcull in coral, an agate handle, an amulet of Saxon ' ferpentine, and.feveral other 
 curious ftones 
 
 12 A brain flope^ with fevcral fpeermena of copper ore, antimony, 'cobalt,. mica, t 
 
 13 A piece of luminous fpar with ftaladucs and pyrites 
 
 14 A pared of mundic, asbeftos and pyrites 
 
 15 Apiece of galena, with feveral fpecimens of lead ore and pyritca 
 
 16 Three fpecimens of marcafitc, and 3 of asbeftos 
 jy Ditto, ditto 
 
 18 Six fpecimens of iron ore from York(hirc, &c. . 
 
 19 Several ditto chryftallized . _ 
 
 20 Several fpecimens of grain tin ore 
 
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 Curious 
 
STONES. 
 
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 Curious oriental 
 
 2f Twenty sgare onyx's 
 22 Five .^pals of the 3d aud 4th quality 
 22 Twenty agate onyxes 
 
 24 Six calcidonio's, gfrafoles, avaaturina and pietra fellati 
 
 25 Twenty agate onyx's 
 
 26 Fifty girafoiis, &c. pebbles 
 
 27 Fifty ditto 
 
 28 Five beryl ftones 
 
 29 Thirty-eight pi^es of porphyry, alabafter, v««K anticheand marble 
 
 30 Thirty-eight of ditto 
 
 31 Five intaglia's in Egyptian compofition 
 
 32 Five ditto 
 
 33 Five ditto 
 
 34 Five ditto 
 
 35 Five ditto 
 
 36 Ten ditto 
 
 37 Ten ditto 
 
 38 Ten ditto 
 
 39 Ten ditto . * 
 
 40 Ten ditto . ^ 
 
 41 Ten ditto ' ^ 
 
 42 Five^jpalsdf the ,3d and 4\h ‘quaHty 
 
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 Antique Came6's and ItiTAGLiA’s in Rings, &c. 
 
 .43 Jupiter Ammon, on a cornelian 
 
 44 A Roman fenator, on an agate onyx :* 
 
 45 The head of Caligula, on ditto ■ ■ - i . 
 
 46 A lion, ditto’ 
 
 47 The figure of Minerva, on a cornelian ^ 
 
 48 A horfe and the conftcllation Taurus^ ditto 
 
 49 A man milking a goat 
 
 50 A dog With a flag 
 
 Curious 
 
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 Curious ORIENTAL STONES. 
 
 51 Five calcidonio’s, girafolcs, avanturina, and pictraTellata 
 5a Ten fine large fardonjot*# 
 
 53 Ten ditto 
 
 54 Ten ditto 
 
 55 Five opals of the 3d and 4th quality 
 
 56 A parcel of Syrian garnets 
 
 57 Ditto 
 
 58 Six calcidonio*s, girafole, avanturina and pietra fellata ^ 
 
 59 A piece of the root of emerald 
 
 60 Seven fardonyx cats eyes 
 
 61 Six ditto 
 4)2 Six ditto 
 
 63 Six calcidonio’s, girafoles, avanturina, and pietra fellata 
 
 ^4 Six fardonyx cats eyes 
 
 65 Five opals of the 3d and 4th quality 
 
 M I N I . A T U R E S, &c. 
 
 €6 Ten of the Caefars in bronze 
 
 67 Two gentlemens heads, in metal frames 
 
 68 Two ditto, in ditto 
 
 69 Two ditto 
 
 70 A gentleman’s head, and a lady's ditto 
 
 71 Four antique heads, in bronze 
 
 72 The heads of the twelve Caefars, ditto 
 
 73 Four curious dilhes 
 
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 Second 
 
Second Day’s Sale, Tuefdqy^ December i8, 1770. 
 S H E L L S, . &c: 
 
 Lot 
 
 Ca/k a parcel of fpar, mundic, &c. for grotto work 
 
 2 A parcel of ditto in a box 
 
 3 A partition box with fhells 
 
 4 A mafs of fhells and other bodies 
 
 5 A parcel of limpets and flower fhcll . / , 
 
 6 A ditto of bivalves * ' , 
 
 7 A ditto* with fome pearl (hell 
 
 8 Two buccinum, and a knob’d helmet 
 
 9 Five helmet fhells, &c; 
 
 10 A trumpet fhell, and 2 buccinum i ^ 
 
 1 1 A parcel of fea fans 
 
 12 A ditto, ditto 
 
 Curious ORIENTAL .STONES. 
 
 13 Twenty agate onyxes . 
 
 14 Thirteen ditto 
 
 15 Fifty girafolei, &c» pebbles 
 
 1 6 Thirty-five ditto 
 
 17 Five calcidonio’s ditto 
 
 18 Six beryl flones 
 
 19 Thirty-feven pieces of porphyry, alabafler, verdi antiche, and marble 
 
 20 Three hundred and fixteen pieces of Egyptian compofition 
 
 21 'Five fine intaglia’s in ditto 
 
 Antique 
 
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 Antique Cameo's' and Intaglia's in Rings, &c. 
 
 2t Twocupids 
 
 23 A parrot on a cornelian 
 
 24 A chariottcer 
 
 25 A griffin on a cornelian 
 
 26 A mafk 
 
 27 An antique infcription • * 
 
 28 A boar, on an agate onyx 
 
 19 An Egyptian idol ' \ ^ " 4 ^ 
 
 30 Ten fine large fardonyx’s 
 
 31 Ten ditto 
 
 32 Ten ditto ' 
 
 33 One hundred varhm imprejjions in fulphuTy from the mofl celebrated intaglioes ancient and 
 
 modern^ in the Reman^ Florentine^ and Neapolitan Cabinets^ with a catalogue of dittos 
 by the Abbe Vifeonti^ preftdent of the Roman antiquities 
 
 Curious ORIENTAL STONES. 
 
 34 Eleven fine fardonyx’s 
 
 35 Six faidonyx cats eyes 
 
 36 Seven ditto 
 
 37 Six ditto , . ^ 
 
 38 Seven ditto 
 
 39 1 hree intaglia’s, and 2 Hebrew Aones 
 
 40 Five opals of the 3d and 4th quality 
 
 41 Seven fine fardonyx’s 
 
 42 Five opals 
 
 43 Two ferpents tongues petrified 
 
 44 Five opals 
 
 45 Five ditto 
 
 46 Seven fine fardonyx’s 
 
 47 Six calcidonio’s, girafoles, avanturina, and pietra fcllata 
 
 48 Five ditto 
 
 49 Five ditto 
 
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 PICTURES, &c. 
 
 5® Jofeph in Egypt, by BafTan 
 
 51 A fine battle pieccj by Stoop, ^/^ry capital 
 
 51 A Dutch convej ration, by Oftade 
 
 53 A piece of cattle^ by Cuyp 
 
 54 A landfcape with figures and cattle by Btrghem 
 
 55 A curious model of a Gondola, with the cabin, auning and oars compleaf 
 
 56 A box with 52 crayons in wood 
 
 M/^THEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, &c 
 
 57 A grand orrery, 3 feet diameter, on a ftr®ng pillar and claw 
 
 58 k parallelogram for copying drawings, &c. 
 
 59 An agronomical quadrant with 2 telefcopei - • 
 
 60 A curious glafs fountain 
 
 61 A curious concave mirrour, on a (land 
 
 62 A table air pump 
 
 63 A 9-inch fpherc in pafteboard 
 
 64 A femicircle ‘for furveying land * 
 
 65 An electrifying machine, in a box 
 
 66 A complcat fet of "drawing inftruments, with brafs feCtor, and parallel rule 
 
 67 A brafs quadrant, with a fun dial 
 
 68 A telefcope complcat 
 
 69 A fet of inftruments for cleaning the teeth, in filver gilt, the ends tiped with gold 
 
 70 A fet of ditto, in a fhagreen cafe, mounted in fiiver 
 
 71 A reading glafs mounted in filvcr, and a pair of fpeClacles 
 
 72 A curious microfeope 
 
 73 A elegant pair of 17 -inch globes, covers and Hands 
 
 ,74 A MOST CURIOUS Oriental transparent Water Topaz Pebble, reprejent^ 
 ing the four Elements^ found in the river Niger.^ in the Ungdom of Abafine \ called 
 in the Arab tongue ‘‘ 11 Fus el Decnie’*, The Stone of the World j ejieemed^ by 
 all lovers of virtu^ the great ej} cur lofty in Europe 
 
 75 A curious Egyptian mummy, very perfeCt, taken out of the fepulchrc in the catacombs 
 
 at the village of Saccara, in the Libian Deferts 5 about ii miles diftant from the 
 three pyramids, and weftvvard of the fpot where the ancient city of Memphis once ftood 
 
 76 A ditto lefs, a mifearriage, from the fame place 
 
 ^77 The Herculaneum, 6 vol. an exceeding fine copy, with plates of the firft: impreftion 
 
 Curious 
 
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 tMPfieSSlOHS in EdVPTtAH CoMPOStttOtU 
 
 ff Five fine intaglia’i, antique impreffiortt 
 ^8 Fire ditto 
 fg Five ditto 
 Sd Five ditto 
 
 8 1 Five ditto 
 
 82 Ten ditto , ^ 
 
 83 Ten ditto 
 
 84 Five ditto 
 Ten ditto 
 
 86 Eight ditto 
 By Seven- ditto 
 
 88 A parcel of Sjrian garnctt 
 
 89 Ditto ditto 
 
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