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AD 376 SONNERAT, Pierre Observations sur l’Inde et la Chine, 1776

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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: 1776

Extent

From the Collection: 391 Volumes

Language of Materials

French

Physical Description

26 pp. Ca. 19 x 23 cm

General

The original manuscript of a paper describing Sonnerat’s travels and observations during his voyages, sent from Canton 29 Dec. 1776, with an accompanying letter [AD 237] to Adanson, received in Aug. 1777.

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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