Carl von Linné

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

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.