AD 237 SONNERAT, [Pierre], Canton [China], 29 decembre 1776. 8 pp., 29 December 1776
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: 29 December 1776
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Accounts for his travels and some collections and shipments from Isle de France (Mauritius) to China; received by Adanson in July 1777 together with a herbarium. This letter was accompanied by the manuscript: Observations sur L’Inde et La Chine [AD 376]. Annotated as received “juillet 1777” by Adanson with a draft of Adanson’s reply dated 1 9bre [November] 1777.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository