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AD 267 ADANSON, Michel Réponse aux diverses critikes qui ont paru de l’ouvrage intitulé Familles des plantes, [ca.1765]

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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: [ca.1765]

Extent

From the Collection: 391 Volumes

Language of Materials

French

Physical Description

6 pp. 11 x 17 cm

General

Adanson’s reply to criticisms of his Familles des plantes, especially that by Duchesne in his Manuel de botanique (Paris, 1764) defending the priority of his natural families against insinuation of plagiary of Bernard de Jussieu’s natural classification.

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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