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ORIGINAL letters, chiefly from eminent botanists, to Antoine Gouan, Professor of Botany at Montpellier; 1760-1813. The writers are [Adam] Afzelius; Upsal, 23 Nov. 1787. Fr. f. 6. Ignace d'Asso [y del Rio]; Madrid, Amsterdam, 3 Feb. 1780-22 Jan. 1781. Fr. ff. 9-15. [Giovanni Battista] Balbis; Turin, 3 May, 1806-14 July, 1813. Fr. ff. 16- 31. [Paul Joseph] Barthez; Carcassone, Narbonne, 21 Vent. an 6-12 Vend. an 11 [11 Mar. 1798-4 Oct. 1802]. Fr. ff. 32- 39. Baux; Nismes, 12 Aug. 1777. Fr. f. 40. [Ambroise Marie François Joseph] Baron [Palisot] de Beauvois; St. Domingo, Philadelphia, 20 Oct. 1788-24 Apr. 1792. Fr. ff. 41-54. [Jules Armand Guillaume] Boucher de Crevecœur]; Abbeville, 4 Therm. an 4- 14 Pluv. an 8 [22 July, 1796-3 Feb. 1800]. Fr. ff. 55-63. [Pierre] Auguste [Marie] Broussonet; Paris, Tangier, 21 May, 1787-15 Fruct. an 6 [1 Sept. 1798]. Fr. ff. 64-71. [Jean Guillaume] Bruguiere; Paris, 11 July, 1772. Fr. f. 72. Valentino Brusati; Pavia, 26 Jan. 1789. Lat. f. 73. G[eorges Léopold Christian Frédéric Dagobert, Baron] Cuvier; Paris, 12 Pluv. an 9 [l Feb. 1801]. Fr. f. 74. [René Louiche] Des Fontaines; Paris, 10 June, 1787. Fr. f. 76. J[oseph] Dombey; Madrid, Cadiz, 24 Feb.1777-1 Mar.1785. Fr. ff. 78-84. [André Ignace Joseph] Dufresnoy; Valenciennes, Paris, 28 June, 1788-26 Frim. [16 Dec.] 1793. Fr. ff. 85-105. [Louis] Gerard; Cotignac, 27 Mar. 1807, 8 Dec. 1808, n.d., ff. 106-110. [Jean Emanuel] Gillibert; Grodno, 10 Sept. 1778, 30 Jan. 1779. Fr. ff. 111- 116. Carl Christoph Gmelin; Carlsruhe, 15 Oct. 1800, 18 May, 1807. Lat. ff. 117, 118. [Joseph Xavier Beneset] Guerin; Soigne, 15 Aug. s.a. Fr. f. 121. [Albrecht von] Haller; Berne, 30 Apr. 1765-1 Jan. 1777. Fr.; with seals. ff. 122-136. Amadeus Emmanuel von Haller; Berne, 16 Dec. 1778. Lat. f. 137. [Johann] Hermann; Strasbourg, 15 Feb. 1780. Fr. f. 139. John Hope; Edinburgh, Oct. 1765. Lat. f. 141. [Nicolas Joseph] Jacquin; Vienna, 6 Oct 1773. Fr. f. 143. A[ntoine] L[aurent] de Jussieu; Paris, 29 Sept. 1771-10 Jan. 1808. Fr.; with seals. ff. 144-155. B[ernard] G[ermain] É[tienne] L. [de la Ville, Comte de] Lacépède; 15 Fruct. an 6 [l Sept. 1798]. Fr. f. 156. [Louis Guillaume] Lemonnier; Versailles, 30 May, 1777. Fr. f. 157. C[arl von] Linné [Linnæus]; Upsal, [1759] Apr.1771. Lat. ff. 158-232. Carl von Linné, jun.; Upsal, 22 Aug. 1778-20Nov. 1779. Lat. ff. 233-238. [Philippe] Picot [Baron de] La Peyrouse; La Peyrouse, Toulouse, 21 Oct. 1810- 10 May, 1813. Fr. ff. 239-247. Pierre, ancien médecin de l'hopital militaire de Mézieres; Mézières, 2 Jan. 1792. Fr. f. 248. [Louis François Elisabeth] Ramond [de Carbonnières]; Tarbes, Bagnères, 23 Brum. an 5 [13 Nov. 1796]-28 Frim. an 8 [19 Dec. 1799]. Fr. ff. 249-258. [Jean Jacques Rousseau]; Bourgoin en Dauphiné, Montquin, 28 May, 6 Oct. 1769. Signed "Renou." Fr. ff. 261, 262. [Jean Florimond Boudon de] Saint Amans; Aagen, 20 Dec, 1790, 19 Oct. 1807. Fr. ff. 264, 266. [Jean François] Seguier; Nismes 18 June, s.a.- 8 Jan. 1777. Fr. and Lat. ff. 268-318. [Antoine Jean Matthieu, Baron] Seguier, "Commissaire du Gouvernement près le Tribunal . . . de la Seine; Paris, 12 Germ. an 10 [2 Apr. 1802]. Fr. f. 319. [Sir] J[ames] E[dward] Smith [P.L.S.]; London, 11 Apr. 1788, 12 Nov. 1790, 4 June, 1791. Fr. ff. 321-326. Suffren, Salon, 27 Mar. 1804-5 Sept. 1809. Fr. ff. 327-332. [Louis Marie] Aubert du Petit Thouars; Paris 6 Sept., 16 Oct. 1812. Fr. ff. 333, 335. [André] Thouin; Paris, 2 Jan. 1778. Fr. f. 337. C[arl] P[ehr] Thunberg; Upsal, 30 Mar. 1789-18 Mar. 1790. Fr. ff. 338-341. Paul Usteri, M. D.; Zurich, 8 Nov. 1788- 20 Feb. 1789. Lat. ff. 342-346. Martin Vahl; Porneque, Copenhagen, Marseilles, n.d., 29 Aug. 1784-30 Oct. 1790. Fr. ff. 347-360. [Etienne Pierre] Ventenat; Paris, 24 Vent. an x [15 Mar. 1802]. Fr. f. 361. [Dominique] Villars; Grenoble, Strassburg, 3 Dec. 1777-14 Flor. an 13 [4 May, 1805], ff. 362-377. Carl Ludwig Willdenow; 25 Nov. 1806. Lat. f. 378. Interspersed are a few drafts of letters and botanical notes by Antoine Gouan. Paper. Quarto.

Antoine Goüan, Professor of Botany at Montpellier: Letters to, from eminent botanists: 1760-1813.

includes:

f. 6 Adam Afzelius, Swedish Botanist: Letter to A. Gouan: 1787.: Fr.
ff. 9-15 Ignacio Jordan Asso y del Rio, Spanish Naturalist: Letters to A. Gouan: 1780-1781.: Fr.
ff. 16-31 Giovanni Battista Balbis: Letters to A. Gouan: 1806-1813.: Fr.
ff. 32-39 Paul Joseph Barthez: Letters to A. Gouan: 1798-1802.: Fr.
f. 40 Baux: Letter to A. Gouan: 1777.: Fr.
ff. 41-54 Ambrolse Marie François Joseph de Palisot de Beauvois, Baron; French Naturalist: Letters to A. Gouan: 1788-1792.: Fr.
ff. 55-63 Jules Armand Guillaume Boucher de Crèvecour: Letters to A. Gouan: 1796-1800.: Fr.
ff. 64-71 Pierre Auguste Marie Broussonet, French Botanist: Letters to A. Gouan: 1787-1798.: Fr.
f. 72 Jean Guillaume Bruguière: Letter to A. Gouan: 1772.: Fr.
f. 73 Valentino Brusati: Letter to A. Gouan: 1789.: Lat.
f. 74 Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier, Baron: Letter to A. Gouan: 1801.: Fr.
f. 76 René Louiche Des Fontaines: Letter to A. Gouan: 1787.: Fr.
ff. 78-84 Joseph Dombey: Letters to A. Gouan: 1777-1785.: Fr.
ff. 85-105 André Ignace Joseph Dufresnoy: Letters to A. Gouan: 1788 - 1793.: Fr.
ff. 106-110 Louis Gerard: Letters to A. Gouan: 1807, 1808.
ff. 111-116 Jean Emanuel Gillibert: Letters to A. Gouan: 1778, 1779.: Fr.
ff. 117, 118 Carl Christian Gmelin, Director of the Botanical Garden at Carlsruhe: Letters to A. Gouan: 1800, 1807.: Lat.
f. 121 Joseph Xavier Benezet Guérin: Letter to A. Gouan: circ. 1800.: Fr.
ff. 122-136 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss scientist: Letters to A. Gouan: 1765-1777.: Fr.
f. 137 Amadeus Emmanuel von Haller: Letter to A. Gouan: 1778.: Lat.
f. 139 Hermann, MD, Professor at Strassburg: Letter to A. Gouan: 1780.: Fr.
f. 141 John Hope: Letter to A. Gouan: 1765.: Lat.
f. 143 Nicolas Joseph Jacquin: Letter to A. Gouan: 1773.: Fr.
ff. 144-155 Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, Botanist: Letters to A. Gouan: 1771-1808.: Fr.
f 156 Bernard Germain Etienne de La Ville, Comte de Lacépède: Letter to A. GouaD: 1798.: Fr.
f. 157 Louis Guillaume Le Monnier, physician: Letter to A. Gouan: 1777.: Fr.
ff. 158-232 Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist: Letters to A. Gouan: 1759-1771.: Lat.
ff. 233-238 Carl Linnaeus, junior: Letters to A. Gouan: 1778 - 1779.: Lat.
ff. 239-247 Philippe Picot, Baron de la Peyrouse; Naturalist: Letters to A. Gouan: 1810-1813.: Fr.
f. 248 Pierre, Ancien médecin de l'hopital militaire de Mezières: Letter to A. Gouan: 1792.: Fr.
ff. 249-258 Louis François Elisabeth Ramond de Carbonnières, Naturalist: Letters to A. Gouan: 1796-1799.: Fr.
ff. 261, 262 Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher: Letters to A. Gouan: 1769.: Fr.
ff. 264, 266 Jean Florimond Boudon de St. Amans, Botanist: Letters to A. Gouan: 1790, 1807.: Fr.
ff. 268-318 Jean François Seguier, Director of the Academy of Nîmes: Letters to A. Gouan: circ. 1760-1777.: Fr. and Lat.
f. 319 Antoine Jean Matthieu Seguier, Baron: Letter to A. Gouan: 1802.: Fr.
ff. 321-326 Sir James Edward Smith, MD; President of the Linnean Society: Letters to A. Gouan: 1788-1791.: Fr.
ff. 327-332 Suffren, Botanist: Letter to A. Gouan: 1804-1809.: Fr.
ff. 333, 335 Louis Marie Aubert du Petit Thouars, Botanist: Letters to A. Gouan: 1812.: Fr.
f. 337 André Thouin, Professor of Botany in the Jardin du Roi: Letter to A. Gouan: 1778.: Fr.
ff. 338-341 Carl Pehr Thunberg, Swedish Botanist: Letters to A. Gouan: 1789-1790.: Fr.
ff. 342-346 Paul Usteri, MD: Letters to A. Gouan: 1788-1789.: Lat.
ff. 347-360 Martin Vahl, Norwegian Botanist: Letter to A. Gouan: 1784-1790.: Fr.
f. 361 Etienne Pierre Ventenat, Botanist: Letter to A. Gouan: 1802.: Fr.
ff. 362-377 Dominique Villars: Letters to A. Gouan: 1777-1805.
f. 378 Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Botanist: Letter to A. Gouan: 1806.: Lat.

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Afzelius, Adam, Swedish Botanist
Asso y del Rio, Ignacio Jordan, Spanish Naturalist
Aubert du Petit Thouars, Louis Marie, Botanist
Balbis, Giovanni Battista, botanist, 1765-1831
Barthez, Paul Joseph, French physician; medical author, 1734-1806
Baux, -, botanist, of Nismes, fl 1777
Boucher de Crèvecour, Jules Armand Guillaume
Broussonet, Pierre Auguste Marie, French Botanist
Bruguière, Jean Guillaume, physician, zoologist and diplomat, 1749-1798
Brusati, Valentino
Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron
Desfontaines, René Louiche, botanist, 1750-1833
Dombey, Joseph, botanist, 1742-1794
Dufresnoy, André Ignace Joseph, physician and scholar, 1733-1801
Gerard, Louis, of Cotignac, correspondent of Antoine Gouan, fl 1803-1804
Gillibert, Jean-Emmanuel, botanist and politician, 1741-1814
Gmelin, Karl Christian, botanist, physician and director of the Botanical Garden at Karlsruhe, 1762-1837
Goüan, Antoine, of Montpellier, naturalist, 1733-1821
Guérin, Joseph Xavier Benezet, botanist, 1775-1850
Haller, Albrecht von, Swiss scientist
Haller, Amadeus Emmanuel
Hermann, MD, Professor at Strassburg
Hope, John, of Add MS 22935
Jacquin, Nicolas Joseph
Jussieu, Antoine Laurent, Botanist
La Ville, Bernard Germain Etienne, Comte de Lacépède
Le Monnier, Louis Guillaume, physician; of Add MS 22935
Linnaeus, Carl, Swedish botanist; of Sloane MS 4054
Linnaeus, Carl, junior
Palisot de Beauvois, Ambrolse Marie François Joseph, Baron, French Naturalist
Picot, Philippe, Baron de la Peyrouse, Naturalist
Pierre, Ancien médecin de l'hopital militaire de Mezières
Ramond de Carbonnières, Louis François Elisabeth, Naturalist
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, philosopher
Seguier, Antoine Jean Matthieu, Baron
Seguier, Jean François, Director of the Academy of Nîmes
Smith, James Edward, MD; President of the Linnean Society
St. Amans, Jean Florimond Boudon, Botanist
Suffren, Botanist
Thouin, André, Professor of Botany in the Jardin du Roi
Thunberg, Carl Pehr, Swedish Botanist
Usteri, Paul, MD
Vahl, Martin, Norwegian Botanist
Ventenat, Etienne Pierre, Botanist
Villars, Dominique
Willdenow, Carl Ludwig, Botanist