AD 196 HALLER, [Albert von], Berne, 26 Avril 1773. 1 p., 26 April 1773
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: 26 April 1773
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Sends a drawing of a monstrosity and of a tree. As he did not select the plants of the former packet himself, some common plants may have slipped in. Some named by Adanson as Ledum, Pyrola umbellata, Stratiotes, are not Swiss. Asks for an African Aralia. Has no picture of the singular pregnancy. Discusses a membrane of a horse, the object of controversy between Dem … [illegible] and Decsemet is involved. His drawings are not present in this collection.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository