AD 194 FONTANA, Felice (1731–1805), [Florence, ca.1767]. 2 pp., [ca.1767]
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: [ca.1767]
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Has read Familles des plantes. Requests information on the movement in Equisetum spores, called “poussière genitalle” by Adanson and believed by Fontana to be seeds, but he did not understand what Adanson meant in his book, lacking plates to illustrate the point. No annotations. Was filed with Adanson’s Mémoire sur le mouvement (AD 276).
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository