AD 152 AVED, [Charles-François], Chaumont en Bassigny, 27 Decembre 1783. 3 pp, 27 December 1783
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: 27 December 1783
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Reports availability of a property in Saint-Martin, a village near Villeneuve au Roy, for the price of 30,000 livres. Aved’s seafaring son has brought some seeds which Adanson may have if wanted. Discusses Camus’ medical applications of electricity believing the results are at best not permanent. Sends greetings to Adanson’s wife and the “charmante Aglaë.” Adanson’s reply, drafted interlineally, regrets inability to accept Aved’s offers because his present home at Neuilly has been leased for nine years, and he cannot live more than 2 lieues from Paris because of his work. Discusses other points of Aved’s letter.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository