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Amoenitates Academicae

Amoenitates Academicae

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Amoenitates Academicae is the title of a multi-volume zoological and botanical publication (published during 17491790) consisting of the dissertations of the students of Carl Linnaeus, written during 17431776.

Title page of volume one

Seven out of ten volumes were published by Linnaeus himself, the last three were edited by Johann Christian von Schreber.

Editions

  • vol. 1: 1st ed., Stockholm and Leipzig, 1749, 2nd ed., Erlangen, 1787
  • vol. 2: 1st ed., Stockholm, 1751; 2nd ed., Stockholm, 1762; 3rd ed., 1787
  • vol. 3: 1st ed., Stockholm, 1756; 2nd ed., Erlangen, 1787
  • vol. 4: 1st ed., Stockholm, 1759; 2nd ed., Erlangen, 1788
  • vol. 5: 1st ed., Stockholm, 1760; 2nd ed., Erlangen, 1788
  • vol. 6: 1st ed., Stockholm, 1763; 2nd ed., Erlangen, 1789
  • vol. 7: 1st ed., Stockholm, 1769; 2nd ed., Erlangen, 1789
  • vol. 8: 1st ed., Erlangen, 1785
  • vol. 9: 1st ed., Erlangen, 1785
  • vol. 10: 1st ed., Erlangen, 1790

References

  • Richard Pulteney: A general view of the writings of Linnaeus. London, 2. Auflage, 1805, 350ff.
  • John L. Heller: Notes on the Titulature of Linnaean Dissertations. In: Taxon, 32.2, May 1983, 218–252 doi:10.2307/1221974

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