AD 163 BERLIERE,_____, Trochereau de la, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 26 Aoust 1786. 2 pp, 26 August 1786
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: 26 August 1786
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Informs Adanson of the visit in France of Chevalier de Boufflers, governor of Senegal. Asks for a list of the most beautiful plants of Senegal. Draft of reply dated 30 Aout 1786 is titled, Catalogue des plus belles plantes du Senegal, and lists nine genera with Ouolof names [cf. p. 20] and Linnaean synonyms in the species. Reviews some memories of Senegal experiences.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository