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Joseph Decaisne and John Torrey correspondence, 1842-1868
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Joseph Decaisne and John Torrey correspondence, 1842-1868

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Related/Analytical: New York Botanical Garden Archives
Series: John Torrey papers, series 1, correspondence

By

Decaisne, Joseph, 1807-1882

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Collection

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Correspondence from Joseph Decaisne to John Torrey, dated 1842-1868. The bulk of Decaisne and Torrey's correspondence revolves around their exchange of botanical specimens and the production of plates for one of Torrey's publications. Decaisne also discusses his long association and friendship with Swiss botanist Adrien de Jussieu. The collection also includes a form letter from the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris to Torrey, signed by museum administrators Decaisne and M.E. Chevreul.

In French.

Subjects

Baillière, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1797-1885 , Botanical specimens , Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889 , Correspondence , Decaisne, Joseph, 1807-1882 , Delessert, Benjamin, baron, 1773-1847 , Flora of North America , Grant, S. Hastings (Seth Hastings), 1828-1910 , Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 , Illustration of books , Jacquemont, Victor, 1801-1832 , Jussieu, Adrien de, 1797-1853 , Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France) , Printing , Raoul, E. (Etienne) , Riocreux, Alfred, 1820-1912 , Torrey, John, 1796-1873 , Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817?-1863

BHL Collections

John Torrey Papers

Language

French

Identifiers

OCLC: 987856716

 

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