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            Snakes and a cricket from Linnaeus’s 'Academic delights'
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                                1749
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                49587
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                height (print): 170mm
width (print): 200mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (print): 200mm
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                                Snakes 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.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            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.
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