| Summary: | 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.
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