AD 162 BERLIERE,____, Trochereau de la, Feuillencourt prés Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 18 May 1784. 3 pp., 18 May 1784
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 May 1784
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Advises Adanson that he was asked to write chronological outline of the history of botany for a book to be printed in Orleans titled Botanicon parisiense, and that much of his material was derived from Adanson. Asks whether Tournefort knew of sexuality in flowers. Invites Adanson to visit him. Annotated, “recu … le 21.” Adanson’s draft of a reply, dated 22 May 1784, states that Tournefort did not know the sexuality of plants, though known to Theophrastus and much publicized by modern authors. Hopes to visit him at Saint-Germain.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository