AD 191 DIDOT, P[ierre]-Fr[ancois] le jeune, [Paris], 4 Mai 1771. 2 pp., 4 May 1771
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: 4 May 1771
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Explains offer made to Adanson on behalf of Didot by Monsieur Audry, with Monsieur le Begue as an intermediary. The prospect of a tax on the paper frightened the publishers considerably. Each set aside his own affairs for a general meeting to consider what should be done, resulting in more than 15 days of work. Time is not favorable to undertake a work that could ruin Didot. Monsieur Audry negotiated without Didot’s knowledge, Didot gives M. le Begue the available copy of the Dictionnaire du Jardinier.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository