Snakes and a cricket from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' mb-code 00365492 Carol Bednar

Carol Bednar

counting coins while an urchin picks her pocket

An asparagus seller

Ian Wright

The Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying

Snakes and a cricket from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' mb-code 00365492 Carol BednarSnakes 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