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AD 280 ADANSON, Michel Système de botanique le plus facil qui se puisse [faire] fondé sur la considération de la situation des ovaires, [ca.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.1768]

Extent

From the Collection: 391 Volumes

Language of Materials

French

Physical Description

7 pp. 10.5 x 17.5 cm

General

A draft of a paper to be read at the Académie, but never submitted, elaborating one of the many systèmes discussed in his Familles des plantes. The cover paper suggests the 1768 date.

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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