Hi

The Linnean Society looks after the collection (along with the library
etc.). This is the world's oldest Natural History Society. I have been a
Fellow of the Society for many years and have benefited froms its
publications etc. which are world class. Find out more about the Society at
www.linnean.org or email [log in to unmask]

Alex

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Dear Andy;-
   I believe it would be of great interest to know as much as possible about
the Linneaus collection. Where is it? What's in it? Can it be seen? Is it
catalogued? Can these holotypes be photographed?
    Art
>
> From: Andy Rindsberg <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2005/03/07 Mon PM 04:46:27 EST
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> Subject: Old collections
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> Art et al.,
>
> Some time ago, you asked whether any really old shell collections had
> survived intact to the present day. I have happened across a reference to
> such a fossil collection:
>
> Price, David, 1989, John Woodward and a surviving British geological
> collection from the early eighteenth century: Journal of the History of
> Collections, 1(1): 79-96.
>
> The collection is preserved at Cambridge in the original containers and
> cabinet, and moreover, this was an influential collection in its day.
>
> Most old collections have been scattered or at least thoroughly
rearranged,
> but there are some other examples. Linnaeus's collection, for example, was
> purchased by the Linnaean Society and brought to England long ago.
> Presumably it includes some (by no means all!) of the shells that he
named.
> But it's not in the original cabinets.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
> Andrew K. Rindsberg
> Geological Survey of Alabama
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