AD 187 CUSSON, [Pierre] Montpellier, 12 Aoust [sic] 1772. 4 pp., 12 August 1772
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: 12 August 1772
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Acknowledges a letter from Adanson via Mr. Imbert accompanying some umbelliferous plants or seeds; criticizes Linnaeus for some of his genera in his Species plantarum [3rd ed.?] and gives a list of umbellifers that he has not yet seen, with discussions of some species. Annotated: “Repondu le 30 Aout 1772 et envoyé 21 pl. en herbier et 11 en graines” and added pertinent page numbers from Familles des plantes.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository