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AD 371 [Plantes de Martinique. Plantes de] Guadeloupe, n.d.

 Item

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: n.d.

Extent

From the Collection: 391 Volumes

Language of Materials

French

Physical Description

4 pp. [Martinique], 4 pp. [probably Martinique], 72 pp. Guadeloupe. 19–20 × 24–28 cm

General

A Deschizeaux-type mss., defective, especially at margins, and incomplete. Written or copied from another mss. by some Guadeloupean who botanized also on Martinique, giving polynomials for the plants and references to exact localities. A reference to Bernard de Jussieu’s opinion is included. Last date found in it is 1730.

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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