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Summary and criticisms of Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg (1709–1779) Le botaniste français,
comprenant toutes les plantes communes et usuelles disposées suivant une nouvelle méthode et
décrites en langue vulgaire (Paris, 1767). Adanson alleges the classes proposed by Dubourg to
be unnatural, and the treatment of families, extracted from Adanson’s Familles des plantes, to be
extremely abbreviated.
AD 273 ADANSON, Michel Connoissance des Blés
7 pp. [ca.1767–1768.] 22.5 × 35 cm
Draft of a questionnaire concerning samples of wheat and of soils on which they are grown in
different countries, to be sent to the French “ministres plénipotentiaires” in those countries.
Includes also papers on Adanson’s experiments on wheat varieties, their soils, and their
cultivation, including a list of things to be done, dated “15 janv. 1768.” Contained in a folder
titled 27
e
Mémoire. Sur la distinction des diverses espèces de Blé froment.
AD 274 ADANSON, Michel Extraits des observations météorologiques faites à la
campagne près de Paris …
4 pp. + 1/2 leaf tipped in. 1766. 22.5 × 34 cm
Manuscript of a paper read at the Académie 31 January 1767 and published in the Mémoires
1778: 425–433. 1781. An abstract was published in L’Avant-coureur 1767: 153–155, 16 fevrier
1767 [cf. AD 205].
AD 275 ADANSON, Michel Questions [concernant un bien à Villeneuve au Roy].
16 pp. [1767.] 26 × 46, 17–20 × 22–24 cm
Lists of questions and some maps concerning the possible purchase of a property at Villeneuve
au Roy (Allier), suggested to Adanson by C. F. Aved and originally filed with the latter’s ten
letters [AD 141–150].
AD 276 ADANSON, Michel Sur un mouvement particulier découvert dans une plante appelée
Tremella.
4 pp. 24 Mars 1767. 22.5 × 35 cm
The manuscript of his paper read at the Académie and published in its Mémoires 1767: 564–572,
plate 19. 1770. Adanson’s abstract was published in L’Avant-coureur 6 Avril 1767: 215–218.
[cf. AD 206].
AD 277 ADANSON, Michel Discours ou examen … sur la question y a-t-il entre les trois
regnes animal, végétal et minéral des limites sensibles et distinctes: ou ces trois regnes se lient
ils les uns aux autres par une chaine continue qui enfasse une unité réelle?
3 pp. 1768. 23 × 35 cm
The beginning of a paper to have been submitted for a prize proposed for 1770 by the Académie
des Sciences, Belles-Lettres & Arts de Rouen as was announced in a clipping from L’Avant-
coureur (10 Oct. 1768) preserved with this manuscript.
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AD 278 ADANSON, Michel Ouvrages à faire en histoire naturelle
10 pp. 23 × 35, 9 pp. 5.5 × 8.5 cm [ca.1768, in paper cover.]
An extensive list of publications planned by Adanson with many details on content, size,
publisher, and estimated cost. A later list of titles with another numbering sequence is included.
AD 279 ADANSON, Michel Sur le sexe considéré dans les plantes et les animaux
1 leaf. [ca.1768, paper cover.] 11.5 × 19 cm
The beginning of a Mémoire for the Académie, treating some terms only.
AD 280 ADANSON, Michel Système de botanique le plus facil qui se puisse [faire] fondé sur la
considération de la situation des ovaires
7 pp. [ca.1768.] 10.5 × 17.5 cm
A draft of a paper to be read at the Académie, but never submitted, elaborating one of the many
systèmes discussed in his Familles des plantes. The cover paper suggests the 1768 date.
AD 281 ADANSON, Michel Histoire générale des animaux
2 pp. [ca.1768.] 22.5 × 35.5 cm
The incomplete introduction for a general work on animals. The paper cover is of the 1768 series
of manuscripts.
AD 282 ADANSON, Michel Cours d’histoire naturelle. Zoologie
772 pp. 1772. 17 × 22 cm
The manuscript for the first part of these three seasons of lectures (cf. Nicolas p. 65) beginning,
respectively, 30 January 1772, 17 December 1772, and 25 February 1774. It consists of 20
clearly written séances, each in a paper folder of the same size, gathered in a board folder.
Originally the broadsheet poster for the courses [AD 7] was filed here. This manuscript was
published in 1845 [cf. AD 9].
AD 283 ADANSON, Michel Cours d’histoire naturelle. Règne végétal
143 pp. 1773. 17 × 22 cm
The manuscript of the botanical part of Adanson’s course, covering material presented from the
21st through the 26th séances.
AD 284 ADANSON, Michel Cours d’histoire naturelle. Règne minéral
328 pp. 1772–1774. 17 × 22 cm
The manuscript of the mineralogical part of Adanson’s course, comprising the material of the
27th to 36th séances, plus that for the 37th—a recapitulation of the whole course and an analysis
of the differences between the three natural kingdoms; probably rearranged from original.
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AD 285 ADANSON, Michel Cours d’histoire naturelle à la campagne
19 pp. 10 × 16 cm, 33 pp. 1773. 17 × 22 cm
A manuscript for a field course in natural history by Adanson, beginning 13 May 1773. An
introduction summarizes the history of the herborisations in the environs of Paris, from the
period of Tournefort (ca.1690) to that of Bernard de Jussieu. There follows a list of the trips
Adanson plans with places to be visited, and some crude maps, plus selected list of plants to be
seen.
AD 286 ADANSON, Michel Sur l’Acacia des anciens, et sur quelques autres arbres du Sénégal
qui portent le gomme rougeatre appelée communément gomme arabique
9 pp. 1773. 18 × 25 cm
The manuscript of Adanson’s first Mémoire on Acacia for the Académie, read 24 February 1773
and printed in the Mém. Acad. Sci. 1773: 1–17. 1777.
AD 287 ADANSON, Michel Sur le gommier blanc appelé Uérek au Sénégal; sur la
manière dont on en fait la récolte de sa gomme et de celle des Acacia et sur un
autre arbre du méme genre
9 pp. 1773. 18.5 × 25 cm
The manuscript of Adanson’s second Mémoire on Acacia for the Académie, read 11 July 1773.
AD 288 ADANSON, Michel Plan d’un ouvrage universel d’histoire naturelle en gravures en
folio
20 pp. 1774. 18 × 25 cm
A collection of drafts of six papers solicitating subscriptions to Adanson’s proposed
Encyclopédié universelle, to contain illustrations of all the plants, animals, and minerals of the
world. All are dated in 1774. One is addressed to Prince Pignatelli, one to M. Bertin to be given
to Madame la C[omtess]e du Barry with permission to present it to the king, two were for an
advertisement or prospectus without evidence of having been printed. Another, is dated 1772, but
the wording of many parts is that of those dated 1774. The last went to M. le Chevalier Daugny
for M. Beaujon [Nicolas] (1718–1786) and M. Le Cardinal de Luynes [Paul d’Albert] (1703–
1788).
AD 289 ADANSON, Michel Infusions
14 pp. 1774–1775–1776. 11.5 × 17.5 cm
Records of Adanson’s observations, with marginal sketches, on infusions with different
substrata, infusoria, and cristals, and concerned mostly with the presence or absence of
movement.
AD 290 ADANSON, Michel Expériences sur la Tremella et les Conferves
16 pp. 1775–1776. 11.5 × 17 cm
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