Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778. Carl von Linné correspondence to Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, 1774 October 16. bMs 19.10.1, Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

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Correspondence in Latin from Swedish botanist Carl von Linné (1707-1778) to Italian physician and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723-1788), dated October 16, 1774. Also contains a message in French from a member of the Linnean Society in 1822.

Biographical Notes

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist. His work Systema Naturae, published in 1735, formalized the use of binomial nomenclature in naming species, also known as Linnaean taxonomy. He also was a professor of botany and medicine at his alma mater, Uppsala University, Sweden, in the 1730s and 1740s, and he was appointed rector of the school in 1750. Ennobled in 1757, he took the name Carl von Linné in 1761.

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Viro Clarissimo DD. ANTON GOUANIO J.pl.d. Car. Linné

Hero accepi, nescio per quem, prosantissimum opus Tuum V.C illustrationes ac observationes Tuæ botanicæ, pro quo reddo grates quas umquam valeo maximas. Fugitivis tantum oculis etiam illud evolvere potui sed attentissimus idem perlegam, quam video opus plenum observationibus ex plantis vivis apud vos prostantibus, quas nos non habemus, certe video Te hoc absolvisse multo labore, cura et penetratione, et inde ætatem ferre. Si vero ulterius quoddam supersit dubium, spero, pro solita tua gratia, Te me docendum extricando mihi obscura. De hoc opere certe Tibi ex animo gratulor.

[on the bottom, left: red sealing wax stamp; later hand: De la part de la Société Linnéenne de Sain à M. Perrottet, lún de ses membres Le 24 mai 1822. C. d L]

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Hac ætate maxime de vita periclitatus fui nec dum in integrum restitutus; vixi restituendus perfecte ob ingravescentes annos. iucundissimum opus opere Tuo mihi obtulisti, sed requirit multos dies, cum debeam hoc non fugitivis oculis perlegere, sed omnia ac singula oculissime perpendere. Scripsisti etiam mascule ut solidum et honestum virum decet, nulli gravis, omnibus amicus. Non more juve- num petuliorum, sed uti gravem Authorem decet. Verbo fingula conferunt ad Libri authoritatem.

vale et fave

Dabam Upsalen 1774 li 16 Octobr

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