AD 285 ADANSON, Michel Cours d’histoire naturelle à la campagne, 1773
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: 1773
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
Physical Description
19 pp. 10 x 16 cm, 33 pp. 17 x 22 cm
General
A manuscript for a field course in natural history by Adanson, beginning 13 May 1773. An introduction summarizes the history of the herborisations in the environs of Paris, from the period of Tournefort (ca.1690) to that of Bernard de Jussieu. There follows a list of the trips Adanson plans with places to be visited, and some crude maps, plus selected list of plants to be seen.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository