Various drafts and working notes for Linnaeus fil.'s inauguraul lecture as professor of botany, on 27 October 1777, on the history of botany. Professor Arvid H. Uggla distinguished at least two drafts, one dating from 1768 and the other from about 1772.
Contains the following:
- 1 loose folio sheet, entitled 'De Progressu Botanici imprimis Recencioris tempori'. Swedish;
- 1 double quarto sheet, beginning 'Tibi Celsissime Comes....'. Latin;
- 18 folio sheets, paginated 1 to 35 by Linnaeus fil., entitled 'Mine Herrar' and being, according to Arvid H. Uggla, the 1768 draft. Swedish;
- 24 folio sheets, partly foliated by Linnaeus fil. (up to fol. 14, but with folii 11 and 12 missing), beginning 'vid mig början...' consisting of another draft, possibly also dating from 1768. Swedish;
- 14 folio sheets, beginning 'forsäkrad om edert(?) tålamod...', not foliated, being, according to Arvid H. Uggla, the 1770(?) draft (the order can be followed as each first word of a new page is written at the bottom of the previous one);
- 14 quarto sheets, gathered in 3 quires and one loose sheet, beginning 'Då dessa skyldigheter som medfölja tack...'. Quires 2 and 3 are numbered at top left. Swedish;
- 1 double quarto sheet, entitled 'Spanien' (Spain). Swedish;
- 1 double quarto sheet, entitled 'A. O. O. N.'(?), consisting of introductory words addressing the king and Linnaeus fil.'s colleagues. Latin;
- 1 folio sheet, beginning 'Juvenes denique lectissimi...' Latin;
- 8 quarto sheets, gathered in a quire, entitled 'Origines Rei Herbaria & Halleri Hist. Botan.' (the order can be followed as each first word of a new page is written at the bottom of the previous one). Latin;
- 4 quarto sheets, gathered in a quire, entitled by Arvid H. Uggla 'Hist. of Botany', Latin;
- 1 printed quarto sheet with pencil notes beginning 'Botanici'. Latin;
- 17 remaining sheets, folio and quarto, with various notes on the history of botany. The first sheet begins 'Ludvig XV'. Latin and Swedish.
