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Excerpt from Lichtenstein's Catalogus Rerum Naturalium Rarissimarum
Anton august heinrich lichtenstein, Theo]. Et Philos. Dr., author of the Catalogue here reproduced literatim et verbatz'm, is said to have been born in 1753 and to have died in 1816. At the time of his writing the present work he was Professor of Oriental Languages in the Gymnasium of Hamburg, and Rector of the J ohanneum in the same city, being also a member of the Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. Of Jewish descent and belonging to a family several of whom were addicted to scientific pursuits, lichtenstein was from 1794 to 1796 assistant, and from 1796 to 1798 sole keeper of the public library in Hamburg; but, in the year last named, he was appointed to a professorship at Helmstadt. Except the present, no ornithological work is known to have been written by him but he compiled two corresponding catalogues of Shells, Insects, and other specimens, and was the author of several zoological publications, besides translating into German smellie's Philosophy of Natural History.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
