AD 178 CAVANILLES, [Antonio José] Abbé, [Paris], [between 18 Jan. and March 1786]. 1 p., [January – March 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: [January – March 1786]
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Sends plate no. 35, missing from Adanson’s collection, and apologizes for the long delay. Reports having seen a plant in de Jussieu’s herbarium of Adanson’s no. 132 from Senegal, which is incomplete; asks if he may see Adanson’s specimen of it. Annotations dated “18 janvier 1786,” probably incorrect and added later by Adanson. No indication of a reply. The long delay referred to suggests that this plate 35, on the paper of the final printing [cf. AD 29], was prepared later than 18 Jan., the date in Cavanilles’ hand on the first letter.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository