Maximilian Perty
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- 8 August 1884, Bern) was a German
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and entomologist. He was a professor of natural history at the University of Bern.
Works
- Observatiuones nonnulae in Coleoptera Indiae orientalis, München (1831).
- Delectus Animalium Articulatorum quae in itinere per Brasiliam Annis MDCCCXVII - MDCCCXX Iussu et Auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis Augustissimi, percato collegerunt Dr J. B. de Spix et Dr. C. F. Ph. de Martius. (1830- 1834)
- Die mystischen Erscheinungen in der menschlichen Natur. Leipzig, (2. Auflage 1872, 2 Bände)(1861).
- Über das Seelenleben der Tiere (Leipzig und Heidelberg, 2. 1865: new edition 1876)
- Die Natur im Licht philosophischer Anschauung (Leipzig und Heidelberg) (1869)
- Erinnerungen aus dem Leben eines Natur- und Seelenforschers des 19. Jahrhunderts (Leipzig und Heidelberg) (1879)
Collections
Perty's collections are divided between the University of Bern and the Zoologische Staatssammlung MünchenZoologische Staatssammlung München
Zoologische Staatssammlung München or ZSM or The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology is a major German research institution for zoological systematics. With over 20 million zoological specimens it is one of the largest natural history collections in the world. The sections are Entomology,...