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Herbarium Specimens

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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: 1724–1848
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1764-1804

Extent

From the Collection: 391 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: French

From the Collection: Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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