Vig Károly: Zoological Research in Western Hungary. A history (Szombathely, 2003)

Historical survey 19 Linnaean binomial nomenclature, to make 960 pages.

44 Unfortunately, LOEW'S early death prevented him from compiling a book he planned presenting the natural history of Hungary (História Regni Hungarici Naturalis). A fragment of his meteorological observations appeared, again through THOMAS SYDENHAM.

45 The Enlightenment atmosphere of Sopron is apparent in diaries and chronicles by several men, who recorded natural events, weather changes and important day-to-day occurrences. It is not fortuitous that the more journals of this kind have survived from Sopron than from any other town in Hungary. Most have remained in manuscript, only a small proportion being printed and published at some time. Such works are invaluable to this account, as they yield a wealth of information about the natural history of the town and district, but it should be remembered that they are not specialist articles on natural history, simply views and memoirs drawn from sharp observations and collecting work. The known chronicles from Sopron have been described in the journal Soproni Szemle by ANTAL RÉTHLY (1962 and 1970). CAROLI FRIDERICI LOEW, Nobilis Hungari, Acad. Cae£ Natur. Curioíörum Adíunccí, EPISTOLA ad CELEBERRIMOS OMNIUM REGIONUM BOTANICOS, qua de FLORA PANNONICA Confcribcnda Confilium cum ipfis communicat, & iingulos ad commercium botanicum, mutuamque rariorum planrarum, feminumque communicationem perofficiose,& peramanter inuitar. SE MP R О N11, Typis Joannis Pliilippi Rennaueri Typography Figure 2.8. The open letter of 1739 from the botanist KÁROLY FRIGYES LOEW, calling for the compilation of a Flora Pannonica MÁRK FAUTH, a member of the inner town council of Sopron from 1590 until his death, wrote a journal and other notes up to 1616.

46 The most extensive diary was kept by JÁNOS CSÁNYI from 1670 to 1704.

47 Other notable chronicles and diaries were kept by GOTTLIEB BRUCKNER,

48 HANS 44 For details of the work, see GOMBOCZ, E. 1903. Az első magyar növényenumeráció Deccardtól (First enumeration of Hungarian plants, from Deccard). Növénytani Közlemények 2:162-8; CSAPODY, I. 1961. Loew és Deccard „Flora Semproniensis"-e (Loew and Deccard's Flora Semproniensis). Soproni Szemle 15:26-37. 45 LOEW, DNI D. CAROLI FRIDERICI: De Febre Petechiale Ann. 1683. Posonii [Pozsony] grassata... In SYDENHAM, T. 1769. Constitutio Epidemica Semproniensis, 282-8. London. 46 The Fauth Chronicle in the document archive of the Hungarian National Museum is very hard to read, but there is a full copy of it as well (hereafter FAUTH). 47 PAUR, I. 1858. Hans Tschány's Ungrische Chronik von Jahre 1670 bis 1704, Sopron. Magyar Történelmi Tár 5:7-231 (hereafter CSÁNYI). 48 Haus Chronik des Bruckner Gottlieb. BRUCKNER began to write his journal in 1840 at the age of 22. He copied into it some earlier chronicles (by MIHÁLY BENDIG, MÁTYÁS VÖLKER and MIHÁLY AMTMANN), followed by his own observations from 1840 onwards. For detail, see RÉTHLY, A. 1940. Bruckner Gottlieb soproni krónikája (Sopron chronicle of GB). Időjárás 44:187 (hereafter BRUCKNER).