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AD 4 ADANSON, M[ichel] (1727–1806) Histoire naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages. Avec la relation d’un voyage fait en ce pays, pendant les années 1749, 50, 51, 52 & 53 [viii], 190 [ii], xcvi, 275 pp., folded map, 18 pls., del. et sculpt. [by] Th. Reboul. Paris, C. J. B. Bauche, 1757., 1757

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Content Description

From the Collection:

The Michel Adanson Library at Hunt Institute includes the botanical portion of Adanson's personal library, along with correspondence, manuscripts, and a large number of plant illustrations clipped from published sources. The collection contains 127 book titles, 117 letters, 146 manuscripts and thousands of plant images clipped from published works, many of them annotated by him. (copied from https://www.huntbotanical.org/library/show.php?1)

Dates

  • Creation: 1757

Extent

From the Collection: 391 Volumes

Language of Materials

French

General

Bound with this volume: [Prospectus] Histoire naturelle du Sénégal [1755] 2 pp. [Prospectus] Histoire naturelle de Sénégal [1756] 8 pp. 2 Annotations: on title page “Collationé 1757 Adanson” and a paraphrase on the motto by Adanson “1754”; in the text area are a few annotations and the correction of some words. Some annotated slips are inserted among the leaves, e.g., at p. 11 a counter plea against M. Faujas on volcanic origin of basalt and on p. 67 hirondelles [swallows] hibernating in Senegal.

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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