Linnaeus Collection (page 2)

Camellia japonica L. camellia
Type specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). From Amoenitatum exoticarum politico (1712) by Engelbert Kaempfer

Papilio ecclipsis, hoax butterfly species
This insect was uncovered as hoax by John Curtis. It is infact a European brimstone butterfly with patches carefully painted on its wings. Specimen from the Linnean Society photographed by the NHM

Babiana ringens, rats tail babiana
Illustration from Plantarum Horti Medici Amstelodamensis (1706) by Caspar Commelin. Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Arctopus echinatus
Plate from Rariorus Africanus Plantarum (1738-1739) by J. Burman, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Page of drawings of goldfish made in Canton c. early 19th century under the supervision of John Reeves, who commissioned many such drawings

LINNAEUS, Carolus (1707-1778). Swedish naturalist. Title page of Carl von Linns work Genera Plantarum. Edition

LINNAEUS, Carolus (1707-1778). Swedish naturalist
" LINNAEUS, Carolus (1707-1778). Swedish naturalist. Illustrated page with flowers of Carl von Linn駳 work " Compendium Botanices Systematis Linnean"

Bookplate of English author, Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks. Print shows books on shelves, with Mrs. Banks book The Manchester Man opened on a table in the foreground. Date ca. 1876

Dc Solander / Round Eng
DANIEL CARL SOLANDER Swedish botanist, assistant to Linnaeus

Linnaeus / Pasch
CARL VON LINNE, ka LINNAEUS Swedish naturalist

Four Nice Moths
White Plumed Moth Linnaeus Glyphipteryx Dark Porcelain Moth Many-Plumed Moth (Really Stunning !)

Linnaeus / Botanist / Roslin
CARL VON LINNE known as LINNAEUS Swedish naturalist and botanist

Linnaeus / Naturalist / Anon
CARL VON LINNE known as LINNAEUS Swedish naturalist and botanist

Bewick / Tapir
(tapirus terrestris) This is the South American Tapir, classified by Linnaeus as a hippopotamus : it avoids its predators by diving into water

Chamois (Bewick)
capra rupicapra - though Linnaeus classified this as a goat, it is actually a capriform antelope found only in rocky and mountainous places

Linnaeus / Dahlstrom
CARL VON LINNE, ka LINNAEUS Swedish naturalist, visited by Gustav III, 1790

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