Snakes and a cricket from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' mb-code 00365492 Ian Wright

Ian Wright

Figure 3 The tongue

The Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying

Behind is Drury Lane Theatre with its statue of Apollo

Carol Bednar

Snakes and a cricket from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' mb-code 00365492 Ian WrightSnakes and a cricket from thesis XVI 'Surinamensia grilliana' by Petro Sundio, 1748, published in volume 1 of Amoenitates academicae (Stockholm, 1749). Amoenitates academicae ('Academic delights', 10 volumes, 1749 1790) was published in Carl Linnaeus's name, and edited by him (vols 1 7) and J C D Schreber (vols 8 10). It consisted of theses presented and defended by students at Uppsala University. Original: engraving. 1749