Four 'humanoid' figures from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' motor racing On picture in background are

On picture in background are the letters SPQL standing for Senatus populusque Londoniensis

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arrives at Solihull Ice Rink

but a negative view of the shallowness of women of fashion

Four 'humanoid' figures from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' motor racing On picture in background areFour 'humanoid' figures: (L R) Troglodyta Bontu, Lucifer Aldrovandi, Satyrus Tulpii and Pygmaeus Edwardi from thesis CV 'Anthropomorpha' by Christianus Emmanuel Hoppius, 1760, published in volume 6 of Amoenitates academicae (Stockholm, 1763). Amoenitates academicae ('Academic delights', 10 volumes, 1749 1790) was published in Carl Linnaeus's name, and edited by him (vols 1 7) and J C D Schreber (vols 8 10). It consisted of theses presented and