AD 249 ADANSON, Michel Hortus regius Parisiensis 1740–1747, n.d.
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: n.d.
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
Physical Description
282 pp. [Bound in a vellum cover bearing several examples of handwriting.] 12 x 18 cm
General
Collationé Adanson No. 85. A working copy of a list of the plants in the Jardin Royal in Paris, with many additions, including (on p. 1) references to Linnaeus’ Species plantarum (1753). The title given here was written later. The original heading on p. 1 was Plantes herbes Liliacees. Ie Lecon. The contents are arranged essentially according to Tournefort’s system.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository