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AD 234 SCOPOLI, [Johann Anton] (1723–1788), Idria, 23 Xbris [December] 1764. 2 pp., 23 December 1764

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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: 23 December 1764

Extent

From the Collection: 391 Volumes

Language of Materials

Latin

General

Written in Latin. Admires the enormous work in the Familles des plantes; makes specific remarks on place of certain plants in Adanson’s méthod. Draft of reply, dated 10 Fevrier 1769, explains point for point and tells how, by comparison of all characters, some may be important when they are constant for families, even little-known anatomical characters.

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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