Mycological System (1821) - Page 8

VIRO To the man

ILLUSTRISSIMO ET GENEROSISSIMO most illustrious and most noble

COMITI Count

LAURENTIO

VON ENGESTRÖM,

Supreme Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Swedish-Gothic Kingdom, Chancellor of the Carolinian Academy, Knight and Commander of the Royal Order of Sweden, of the Order of King Charles XIII, of the Legion of Honor of the French Kingdom, and of the Royal Prussian Order with the Grand Insignia of the Black and Red Eagle, and Knight of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen with the grand cross.

Since nothing, however small, is usually rejected by a noble man if a mind mindful of benefits has dedicated it to him, you will not wonder, most illustrious man, if

The text is a formal dedication addressed to Count Laurentius von Engestrom, listing his many titles and honors.