Pages from Carl Linnaeus' 'Fauna Svecica'

Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish biologist that developed the taxonomic system we use today for naming organisms. This 1761 copy is a second edition of Linnaeus' 'Fauna Svecica', the first full account of the animals in Sweden.

These pages include citations to the work of pioneering naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian. Linnaeus also cited in his most famous work, 'Systema Naturae'. Linnaeus was so confident in Merian's work that he based several entries entirely from her observations and work.

'Fauna Svecica : sistens animalia Sveciae regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes. Distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species, cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium, descriptionibus insectorum' (Swedish Fauna: representing the animals of the Kingdom of Sweden: Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Fish, Insects, Worms. Distributed by classes and orders, genera and species, with differences of species, synonyms of authors, names of inhabitants, places of birth, descriptions of insects)