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AD 237 SONNERAT, [Pierre], Canton [China], 29 decembre 1776. 8 pp., 29 December 1776

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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: 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

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