AD 297 ADANSON, Michel Loix naturelles, [ca.1779]

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AD 297

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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.1779]

Extent

From the Collection: 391 Volumes

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Physical Description

12 pp. 11 x 17 cm + 2 smaller slips.

General

In the majority of the pages the word Prèface follows the title. The primary question treated is Existe-t’il un ordre naturel entre les Etres qui composent l’Univers? Two leaves show offsets of color plates, identifying them as guard-leaves from a copy of Knoop, Fructologie.