Guinea pig and 'Maltese mushroom' from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' Flor His left arm rests on

His left arm rests on a chair-arm

The four spermatic vessels Plate 15 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London

a great number of people can be seen strolling in the park

Figure 1 'Cyprinaceous Labrus'

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Guinea pig and 'Maltese mushroom' from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' Flor His left arm rests onGuinea pig (Mus porcellus) from thesis LIX by Johanes Just. Nauman, 1754, and Fungus melitensis from thesis LXV on the 'Maltese mushroom' by Johanne Pfeiffer, 1755, published in volume 4 of Amoenitates academicae (Stockholm, 1759). 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