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Excerpt from De Quibusdam Insectis Sardiniae, Vol. 1: Novis Aut Minus Cognitis
In itinere quod jussu augustissimi Regis caroli alberti per Sardiniam suscepi quamplurìmas legi-animalium Species, quas vel prorsusnovas vel parum' cognitas v'el utcumque illustratione dignas 'existimo...principem' locum tenent Insecta, quorum tantam coegi mul 1itudinem et varietatem ut jam abunde sit mihi materia ad F aunae idest Entomologiae Sardoae specimen conficiendum. Huic operi cuju's desiderio vehementer ?agrant coe'vi rerum natùralium stu diosi, attentum animum illico post reditum ex Sardinia adjunxi omnesque horas meas subsecivas pro Viribus impendo. Sed ita ce leriter nostra praesertim aetate adolevit Entomologia tantaeque novorum gemeram et specierum descriptiones et icones per Europam, qua late patet in dies evulgantur, ul: vix ingens pecunia tempus q'ue suppetànt ad eas omnes comparandas atque invisendas. [sant nonnulli scriptores qui communi utilitate posthabita librorurn pre
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