The Swedish fauna (Fauna Suecica) : a translation into English from the Latin with introduction, commentary, and modern indexes

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Medverkande: Ann-Mari Jönsson (övers.), Ingemar Struwe (övers.)

This is one of the books that changed science. For the first time Linnaeus’s Fauna Suecica now meets its audience in a modern translation. Published in Latin in 1761 (expanded from the 1746 edition) it is a seminal work that helped to establish the foundation for the classification of modern species. It systematically categorises and morphologically describes 2,328 Swedish animal species – a journey from man to earthworm, revealing their ­ habits, environments, and historical context. It is a window into the mind of a scientific pioneer.