🌿1763 Amoenitates Academicae, Carl Linnaeus, Centuria Insectorum, Coffee Study

Description: Title Caroli à Linné ... Amoenitates Academicæ; seu dissertationes variæ, physicæ, medicæ, botanicæ, antehac seorsim editæ, nunc collectæ et auctæ, cum tabulis ænæis. Volumen Sextum (Carl Linnaeus ... Academic Attractions; or various dissertations, physical, medical, botanical, formerly published separately, now collected and enlarged, with tables. Volume Six) Description and conditionAmoenitates Academicae is the title of a multi-volume zoological and botanical publication (published during 1749–1790) consisting of the dissertations of the students of Carl Linnaeus, written during 1743–1776.Seven out of ten volumes were published by Linnaeus himself, the last three were edited by Johann Christian von Schreber. Carl Linnaeus[a] (1707 – 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as Carolus Linnæus and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as Carolus a Linné. This is volume 6 of the Linnaeus edition of the Amoenitates academicae, containing dissertation numbers 101-124. It is dedicated to Pehr [Petter] Bagge (1743-1819), Swedish industrialist and canal builder. 1st edition, published in Stockholm (Holmiae) in 1763. [iv], 486 pages, 3 leaves of plates. Highlights of this volume: 1. Potus coffeae. TOPIC: : A medico-botanical study of coffee as a beverage, of the coffee plant (Coffea arabica L.), and of the harvesting and preparation of coffee beans. An historical review of the use of the beverage is given, noting that Europe’s first “coffee house” was opened in Marseilles in 1671. The preparation of different kinds of coffee, utilizing many other ground seeds as flavorants, is described.The account treats it to be more important for medicinal usage than as a beverage, noting it to be an anti-aphrodisiac, noxious to mental illnesses, and responsible for excessive flatulence and indigestion (allegedly sometimes fatal) when ingested to excess. Linnaeus reported that headaches are frequently relieved by drinking coffee. 2. Centuria Insectorum (Latin, "one hundred insects") is a 1763 taxonomic work by Carl Linnaeus, and defended as a thesis by Boas Johansson; which of the two men should for taxonomic purposes be credited with its authorship has been the subject of some controversy. It includes descriptions of 102 new insect and crustacean species that had been sent to Linnaeus from British America, Suriname, Java and other locations. Most of the new names included in Centuria Insectorum are still in use, although a few have been sunk into synonymy, and one was the result of a hoax: a common brimstone butterfly with spots painted on was described as the new "species" Papilio ecclipsis. 3. Generatio ambigena.TOPIC: An essay on sexual reproduction, with emphasis on that among animals. Study is made of the relative influence of each parent on resultant offspring, with the conclusion that external form and libido are derived largely from the male parent. Examples from both the animal and plant kingdoms are given in support of the contention. 3. Anthropomorpha. TOPIC: An account of four species of the genus Simia, considered by Linnaeus to include most apes and monkeys (restricted by later authors to the chimpanzee). Much of the data are from literature accounts, later known to be erroneous. The dissertation generated dissension among some theologians for its alliance of humans with the apes. 4. Plantae rariores africanae. TOPIC: Describes 100 South African plants, based on a collection sent from the Cape of Good Hope. Also includes a list of African plants, intended as a supplement to the dissertation defended by Carl Henriksson Wänman, Flora Capensis. 4. Inebriantia. TOPIC: The term “inebriant” is used in this dissertation in the broadest sense, for any drug that was known to be a narcotic or intoxicant. The thesis is an account of both natural and artificial intoxicants. 5. Termini botanici. TOPIC: : A classified glossary, with explanatory notes, of 673 latin terms used by Linnaeus in his plant descriptions. The work, which was the first of its kind, was widely translated and re-published. 6. Fructus esculenti. DTOPIC: An account of 133 edible fruits including those of native Swedish species, classified under berries, plums, pomaceous fruits, podded fruits, grains and nuts. Size: 8" x 5" x 1" (inches). Original full leather binding in very good condition, marbled endpapers, red edges. Clean unmarked pages, tight text block. Minor pencil inscriptions on the title page. Look inside the book: Google books ID: rh0smCD7LssC Fine printAll books I sell are original copies, I do not sell reproductions.Free shipping, free 30 day returns (within USA), eBay Global Shipping Program to other countries.

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