AD 173 BUFFON, [Georges-Louis Leclerc], Comte de (1707–1788), Montbard, 8 Oct. 1770. 1 p., 8 October 1770
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: 8 October 1770
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Writes of impossibility for pension to be paid directly to Adanson; de Buffon will be in Paris the 12th and Adanson may come for pension on 13th. Observes that when one has just married a lovely young person, one has need of all his resources. Adanson’s reply dated “20 mai 1771,” has draft of his letter on the back to le Comte de la Billarderie d’Angiviller [cf. AD 204].
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository