. Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium. Zoology -- Egypt; Zoology -- Arabian Peninsula; Medicine, Arab. LECTORI BENEFOLO! \ n lucem prodit publicam Opus diu & anxie exfpe&aram b. m. Profeffbris Forskalii , Expeditionis literatie ad Arabiam Feli- cevi Socii. Dignus cenfebatur ille, quem magnanimus DANLE Rex FRIDERICUS V. in diffitam mitteret terram, ut fundurnHifto- rise Naturalis exploraret. Spem de fe conceptam non fefellit eximi- UsViator; fed ardore fuperavit, a£tis faftisque probavit adeo inde- feffe-, ut in ipfo tandem muneris campo, & in c
. Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium. Zoology -- Egypt; Zoology -- Arabian Peninsula; Medicine, Arab. LECTORI BENEFOLO! \ n lucem prodit publicam Opus diu & anxie exfpe&aram b. m. Profeffbris Forskalii , Expeditionis literatie ad Arabiam Feli- cevi Socii. Dignus cenfebatur ille, quem magnanimus DANLE Rex FRIDERICUS V. in diffitam mitteret terram, ut fundurnHifto- rise Naturalis exploraret. Spem de fe conceptam non fefellit eximi- UsViator; fed ardore fuperavit, a£tis faftisque probavit adeo inde- feffe-, ut in ipfo tandem muneris campo, & in confpeitu Scientise Na- turalis ceciderit. Jam vero , ex tot ofRciis vix aliquid ultra famam fupereifet, fi idem naufragium Socios omnes una clade abftuliffet; aft unus alterius cineres tumulando propria meditatus eft fata, & Msc. refidua fbllicite convafabat; qua2, folus fuperftes ego Hau- niam transmifi omnia. Cl. Forfkalius e primo Orientis limine inclaruit Literis ad Eruditos primi ordinis miflis, Seminibusque Plantarum per Hor- tos Europa: Botanicos diftributis. Sed Defcriptionum & Obfervati- onum fylvam segre vidiffent Curiofi. Fafciculi de manu in manum delapfi, inter varia impedimenta longasque moras fluttuabant. Neque hoc fine caufa. CI. Au&or adverfaria fua commit- tere folebat fchedulis fparfis minutimque diffeftis; methodo ipfii quidem commqda, ut increfcentes indies 8c interlabentes novas obfervationes poffet fuis locare ftationibus velut folia in Herbario; quum compaclum Volumen adfluentibus undique vifis & auditis, fuis tandem limkibus anguftum & confufum fe reddic» Verum enim. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Forsskål, Peter, 1732-1763; Niebuhr, Carsten, 1733-1815. Hauniæ : ex officina Mölleri
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