AD 134 [ADANSON, Michel], [Paris], 18 Juin 1767. 1 p. Draft of letter to M[onsieur] Gerard [probably Louis, author of Flora Gallo-provincialis, 1761]., 18 June 1767
Content Description
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: 18 June 1767
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Adanson returns a “dissertation” of M. Turra (apparently Farsetia, novum genus … Venetiis 1765), which he read without pleasure or profit, judging the author another “Arduin” in botany. His Farsetia is, according to Adanson, nothing else than a species of Lunaria, and he barely understands Adanson’s méthode, when he thinks the corolla alone to be sufficient to distinguish Farsetia from Lunaria; it is Linnaeus’ system and not Adanson’s.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository