Michel Adanson (1727–1806) library
Collection
Identifier: HIBDLIB-Adanson
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: 1724–1848
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1764-1804
Extent
391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
Latin
Source
- Adanson, Michel, 1727-1806 (Collector, Person)
- Title
- Guide to Michel Adanson (1727–1806) library
- Author
- Christi Thomas (adapted from work by Nancy L. Janda, Scarlett T. Townsend, and J. Dustin Williams)
- Date
- 2/13/2026
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository
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