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length prints of Linn^us in his works. Two 

 of thefe are in odlavo, and the other in a half- 

 Iheet, or rather large quarto. The firft was pre- 

 fixed to the Leipftc edition of the Syftema Naturae, 

 printed in 1748, and reprefents Linn^us, as we 

 apprehend, in about the fortieth year of his age ; 

 another, to the fecond edition of the Species Plan- 

 tarum^ in 1762 and the larger one to the fixth 

 edition of the Genera Plantarum^ in 1764. In the 

 firft and the laft of thefe, which are by much the 

 better engravings, he is figured in an undrefs, 

 rcfting upon a volume of the Syjlema^ and holding 

 in his hand a fprig of the Linn^^^a, a plant fo 

 called by Dr. Gronovius^ in honour of his name. 

 In that of 1762, he is reprefented in a full drefs, 

 with the inftgnia of the Order of the Polar Star at 

 his breaft, and Aurivilliush infcription under- 

 neath : 



Hie ilk eji^ cui regna volens natura redufit^ 

 ^amque ulli dederat plura videnda dedit.'^ 



' The Academy of Sciences at Stockholm have, at 

 their own expence, direded that an engraving of 

 his portrait {hould be made at Paris^ from an ori- 

 ginal pidlure by the famous Swedijh painter Rojlin, 

 There is a ftriking likenefs alfo exhibited on a large 

 medallion, aH' antique^ of almoft two feet in dia- 

 meter, by M. V Archeveque, In England we have 

 an elegant fmall medallion, fabricated by thofe 

 excellent artifts MefT. Wedgwood and Bently, It 

 reprefents Linn^us in profile, when far advanced 

 in years. The buft is white, upon a light-blue 



ground. 



