Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778. Carl von Linné address to Albrecht von Haller, 1736-1749. bMs 19.10.2 , Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

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Correspondence in Latin from Swedish botanist Carl von Linné (1707-1778) to Swiss anatomist and naturalist Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777). One letter, dated December 23, 1736, is entitled "Botanico Consummatissimo," or perfect botanist. The other letter, dated September 26, 1749, offers congratulations to von Haller for an honor he had received.

Biographical Notes

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist. His work Systema Naturae, published in 1735, formalized the use of binomial nomenclature in naming species, also known as Linnaean taxonomy. He also was a professor of botany and medicine at his alma mater, Uppsala University, Sweden, in the 1730s and 1740s, and he was appointed rector of the school in 1750. Ennobled in 1757, he took the name Carl von Linné in 1761.

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BOTANICO CONSUMMATISSIMO DD ALBERTO HALLERO Professori Gottingensium Celeberrimo Soc: Soc: LA. & Sc: Lec: nec non Comm: Med: Xurb: &c: S.pl.d C Linnaeus Tot experimenta summa tua, Vir illustri in me favory iam dedisti, ut plura Amico vel Macenati nulli me debere non, O ultinam umquam possem experimento de clarare quo in favorem summam feror animo. Lapis essem vel mola si tuis summis in me Aminitia documentis non [moverer], paternis plane et tuus in me ignotum. animus; filialis et meus erit spondeo sanite. Literas habui a DD Ludurigio, [Dr?]y animus per Te solam pacari potuit; Amicum se fore promisit. Cum Pl. Heistero qua so ne agos, ne tuam pro[Dr?]ay famam dum idignum & idiotum defendis, fera dei nimis medicina paratus, typis commissa dudum est Ch. Siegesbeekii Dissertatio; respondebo cum accepero, sed abiy ulla animi commotione; ne malevolum rebum a me reportabit, licet millena ille [essundert] in caput meum maledicta. Sakva [Dr?] [Dr?] Tat Tr prafertn Je [Dr?][Dr?] [Dr?] eyo [Dr?]

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Sckawii specimen planting [afnianoz] ?? , Agyptian & arabian, [im

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a Monsieur

Monsieur Abert Haller

Professeur en medicin tres celebre

Membre de l'acad: Roy: Sved: &c

Göttinge

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Illustrissimo Hallero S. C: Linnaeus

Gratulor tibi vir illustrissime, novos honores, novam nobili latem qs induisti, quamqs dudum antea doctissimis [?] seriptes nobile nomen comparasti, quod namiqs perituum fil. sic excitant summa ingenia salendidissimis honoribus Accepi por te sedulam a Dno de Sauvages Profa [?] licusi, intra quam opuscala nonnulla ipressa a [?] tur. Lone mittam ad te prima data [?] quam indicare promisit D. Rosea Nunc, expostulante typographo, paro alteam editiones flora suetice; expanxi et emendem iam omnia quae olim in

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Viro Illustri DD: Alb: von Hallero Gottingen

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