AD 221 MUTIS, J[osé] C[elestino] (1732–1808), Madrid, 30 Juin 1760., 30 June 1760
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: 30 June 1760
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Answers a letter from Adanson, writing that he will keep the instructions, and subsequent developments, secret and transmit them only to Adanson; mentions need for six thermometers. With this letter of Mutis is a draft of Adanson’s original letter to him, referring to an expedition to South America (Colombia), where Mutis spent much of his life developing the natural sciences of medicine and botany.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository