AD 244 TOURNON, [Dominique Jerome] (ca.1770–ca.1827), Toulouse, le 9 Dec. 1786. 3 pp., 9 December 1786
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: 9 December 1786
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Has been studying plants for three years, changed from Tournefort to Linnaeus, then found Adanson’s Familles des plantes more useful than all works read before. Indicates plans for a flore tolosana [which he published in 1811; 2nd ed., unchanged, 1827] and asks advice of Adanson. No indication of a reply.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository