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AD 284 ADANSON, Michel Cours d’histoire naturelle. Règne minéral, 1772–1774

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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: 1772–1774

Extent

From the Collection: 391 Volumes

Language of Materials

French

Physical Description

328 pp. 17 x 22 cm

General

The manuscript of the mineralogical part of Adanson’s course, comprising the material of the 27th to 36th séances, plus that for the 37th—a recapitulation of the whole course and an analysis of the differences between the three natural kingdoms; probably rearranged from original.

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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