1760s books (Book Guide)

Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (books not included). Pages: 40. Chapters: 1760 books, 1761 books, 1762 books, 1763 books, 1764 books, 1765 books, 1766 books, 1767 books, 1768 books, 1769 books, Ossian, Centuria Insectorum, The Plays of William Shakespeare, Commentaries on the Laws of England, Emile: or, On Education, Entomologia Carniolica, Dictionnaire philosophique, Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime, The Social Contract, The Fool of Quality, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Essay on the First Principles of Government, The History and Present State of Electricity, Quaker Bible, The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, 1762 in literature, O Uraguai, 1763 in literature, A Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World, 1764 in literature, 1767 in literature, 1768 in literature, 1765 in literature, The Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God, Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life, 1760 in literature, 1761 in literature, 1769 in literature, The Rudiments of English Grammar, Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya, Dei delitti e delle pene, 1766 in literature, Travels through France and Italy, Elements of Algebra, The Siege of Jerusalem, An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Foster's Crown Law, Grachtenboek, Sermons to Young Women, The National Gain, Journal to Eliza, New Essays on Human Understanding, De Incendiis Corporis Humani Spontaneis, A Journal to Stella, Danish Royal Library, MS NKS 1867 4°, Institutionum calculi integralis. Excerpt: (Latin, "one hundred insects") is a 1763 taxonomic work by Carl Linnaeus, and defended as a thesis by Boas Johansson; which of the two men should be credited with its authorship has been the subject of some controversy. It includes descriptions of 102 new insect and crustacean species that had been sent to Linnaeus from British America, Suriname, Java and other locations. Most of the new names included in Centuria Insectorum are still in use, although a few have been sunk into synonymy, and one was the result of a hoax: a Common Brimstone butterfly with spots painted on was described as the new "species" Papilio ecclipsis. The contents of the work were published twice, under two slightly different titles. ("one hundred rare insects") was published as a standalone thesis, while was published as part of Linnaeus' series of ("academic delights"). Both bear the date June 23, 1763, although the latter was printed later, in September 1763. It has been argued that, because was a thesis, while was intended for a wider readership, the latter should be considered the place of first publication of the names included in it. Carl Linnaeus, the probable author of Centuria InsectorumSince was a thesis presented and defended by one of Linnaeus' students, Boas Johansson (1742-1809) from Kalmar, it has been argued that authorship of the taxa named in it should be assigned to Johansson. The authorship, however, has been the subject of some controversy. Several lines of argument have been used to suggest that Linnaeus should be considered the author. The role of the person defending the thesis at Swedish universities at the time was to prove his command of Latin, and responsibility for the text of the thesis rested mainly, if not entirely, with the professor. Linnaeus appeared to consider himself the author, referring in his later works to without including an abbreviation for the author, as he did for works ...