Lives of Eminent Zoologists: From Aristotle to Linnaeus : with Introductory Remarks on the Study of Natural History, and Occasional Observations on the Progress of ZoologyFor biographical account of Linnaeus, see pp. 193-391. His "Catalogue of the works of Linnaeus" is on pp. 375-385. The frontispiece copperplate engraved portrait of Linnaeus is by John Hornsburgh, after that by James Heath (Tullberg 103). |
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