Catalogue des plantes démontrées en 1782 au Jardin du Roy, [1783]

Mss.634.9.P21.j

Date: Circa 1783 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 474 p.

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Abstract

This item contains a list of plants with brief descriptions, used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in public lectures in the Jardin du Roi. The plants are arranged according to the classification which Jussieu published in 1789 under the title "Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita."

Background note

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu was a French botanist.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 474 p.

Provenance

Purchased and accessioned, 1957 (1957 516ms).

Custodial history:

The manuscript formerly belonged to Charles Claude Flahaut de la Billarderie, comte d'Angivillier, director-general of the Royal Gardens.

Early American History Note

This volume contains a list of plants organized by their classifactions. There are some very short descriptions of them.

Indexing Terms

Corporate Name(s)

Jardin du Roi (France)

Genre(s)

Scientific Data

Subject(s)

Botanical gardens -- France.
Botany -- France.
Natural history
Plants -- Collection and preservation -- Catalogs.