AD 181 Compagnie des Indes, Paris, 3 Avril 1751. 1 p., 3 April 1751
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: 3 April 1751
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Reports that M. Montaran has been informed that Adanson wrote on a big tree of Senegal whose crushed leaves give a blue color. Adanson should send at first opportunity both green and dried leaves for experimental use in France. The Conseil Supérieur de Sénégal is to permit shipment in Compagnie vessels of his boxes of natural history materials. Signed by eight “Syndics et Directeurs” of the Compagnie, including David.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository