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AD 206 LACOMBE,____, Paris, 8 Mars 1767. 1 p., 8 March 1767

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Content Description

From the Collection:

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: 8 March 1767

Extent

From the Collection: 391 Volumes

Language of Materials

French

General

Sends Adanson the number of l’Avantcoureur with the notice of his lecture and the others appeared earlier and in the same year; will be obliged to receive further notices from time to time. Draft of reply dated on the front 13 mars 1767 and on the back 26 mars 1767. Reports that he has read a paper at the Academy on the movement of Tremella (cf. AD 276) and contributes a notice concerning this for l’Avantcoureur. This was published in the issue dated 6 Avril 1767, pp. 215– 218, with slight alterations.

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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