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AD 273 ADANSON, Michel Connoissance des Blés, [ca. 1767–1768]

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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. 1767–1768]

Extent

From the Collection: 391 Volumes

Language of Materials

French

Physical Description

7 pp. 22.5 x 35 cm

General

Draft of a questionnaire concerning samples of wheat and of soils on which they are grown in different countries, to be sent to the French “ministres plénipotentiaires” in those countries. Includes also papers on Adanson’s experiments on wheat varieties, their soils, and their cultivation, including a list of things to be done, dated “15 janv. 1768.” Contained in a folder titled 27e Mémoire. Sur la distinction des diverses espèces de Blé froment.

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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