Various notes on fishes, birds, mamals and plants.
Includes:
- Double folio entitled 'Animalia' with general notes on animals and their classification. Some allusions to "Cui bono", a dissertation defended on 21 October 1752 by Christopher Eliasson Gedner (1730-1773), which embodies Linnaeus's thoughts on his philosophy of nature, and asks the question: "To what purpose are the researches of the naturalist?" Possible lecture notes.
- Notes on ichtyology, entitled 'Pisces', with bibliographical references, and general notes and description of fishes. The last book to be listed is Jacob Theodor Klein, "Historiae piscium naturalis" (1740-1749). On the reverse is the beginning of a letter to 'Viro Clarissimo'.
- Notes on the earth, and the inter-relationships between the three kingdoms of nature. With little symbols.
- Notes on mammals used for their fur: 'gulo', 'martes', 'iller', 'viverra', 'mustela', 'ermineum', 'zebillina', 'genetta', 'mungo', 'ichneumon', 'lutra'. On the reverse: a list of Linnaeus's lectures in the Uppala Botanical garden in August, September and October 1747. The August and September lectures concern botany, whereas the October lectures focus on medicine.
- Notes on different species of primates found abroad.
- Botanical and zoological notes, with list of plants and their symbol indicating whether they are annual, biannual or perenial.
- Notes on corals, on small slip.
- Descriptions of sea birds: 'Anser magellanicus', 'Artica lunda', 'Alua'[?]. Upside down are notes developing 'Nosce te ipseum creatum....' On the reverse: 'Uppsala 1739', notes on Linnaeus's medical achievements (?)
- Lists of mammals in relation to their classification. On reverse: drawing of a pipe.
- Numbered list of mythical creatures on last page of last double folio.