Manuscripts
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: 1724–1848
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1764-1804
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Latin
General
The manuscripts cited and described below have been selected from among several thousand
leaves in this collection of Adansoniana because they offer new information relative to our
knowledge of Michel Adanson’s life and time, his scientific work and program, and to the
activities of some of his colleagues and contemporaries. Those of his papers that can be dated are
given first—in chronological sequence, followed by those of either unknown or mixed dates—in
alphabetic sequence of titles. Manuscripts originated by other persons follow in alphabetic
sequence by name of originator. All rectos and versos of the manuscripts as well as any
ephemera were scanned and are included in the PDFs.
The manuscripts that comprise the group AD 306 to AD 331 inclusive are written only by
Adanson, are either undated or comprise a mélange of mixed dates, and are presented in
alphabetic sequence of title.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository