Four 'humanoid' figures from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' mb-code 1238622 In a Letter from Mr

In a Letter from Mr

A woman is standing at the doorway with Sir William Curtis and Alderman Matthew Wood

Driving the front wheels

14th June 1983

Peter Sallis and Brian Wilde

Four 'humanoid' figures from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' mb-code 1238622 In a Letter from MrFour 'humanoid' figures: (L R) Troglodyta Bontu, Lucifer Aldrovandi, Satyrus Tulpii and Pygmaeus Edwardi from thesis CV 'Anthropomorpha' by Christianus Emmanuel Hoppius, 1760, published in volume 6 of Amoenitates academicae (Stockholm, 1763). 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