AD 180 [Commissaire d’instruction publique], Paris, 26 Frimaire an 4 [17 Dec. 1795]. 1 p., [17 December 1795]
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: [17 December 1795]
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Reports Adanson’s nomination as member of the Institut National, première classe, notes the first meeting will be next “primidi” [22 Dec. 1795]. Time and place added as postscript in a denser hand. Annotated with date, subject, and name of Boquet, the secretary general. The signature is illegible, but is not Boquet. The letter has a printed heading: “Le Ministre de l’Intérieur,” and in top left corner “Bureau,” under this filled out by hand: “du Secretaire.” However, the signature is not Boquet’s. The address bears a stamp: “Com.at d’instr.on publique.”
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository