Peiresc, Nicolas Claude Fabri de (1580-1637) 
A patron of the arts and sciences, who introdu: ed many 
rare plants into Europe thru his gardens at Aix in Provence. 
Correspondent of Clusius, Gui de la Brosse, Yespasien Robin 
and other botanists of his time. T)ie genus PEIRSSKIA named 
for him; see Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20:23-24 (1910). • His bi¬ 
ography by Gassendi contains many notes on plants that were 
received or distributed by him, and a review of the "Lettres 
de Peiresc** (1886-98) by Emile Michel, in Rev. Hort. Belg. et 
Etrang. 26:196-198 (1900), gives a further idea of Peiresc*s 
interest in plant introduction and acclimatizaticn. The fol¬ 
lowing sources of biographical information have been noted: 
Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1655) 
Viri illustris Nicolai Claudii Fabricii de Peiresc. Pa- 
risiis, sumptibus S. Cramoisy, 1641. 405 p. (Bib. 
Nat. Paris; also other eds.) 
— - The mirrour of true nobility and gentry, being 
the life of the renowned ... lord of Peiresk. Englished 
by W. Rand. London, 1657. (Lib. Cong.; Brit. Mus.) 
Quoted by Sieveking (1898), p.90-91. The references 
to cultivated plants and gardens in this ed. have been 
extracted on separate sheets. 
Petit, Samuel (1594-1637) 
Lettres inedites, ecrites de Nimes et de Paris, a Pei¬ 
resc (1630-1637). M&i. Acad. Nimes, Ser«7, t.9, p.271- 
275. Nimes, 1887. (Lib. Cong.) 
Tamizey de Larroque, Jacques Philippe (1828-1898), ed. 
Lettres de Peiresc, publics par Ph. Tamezey de Larroque. 
Paris, Impr. Nat., 1886-98. 7 v. (Scattered parts) 
There is some confusion about the title; one record 
gives **168 Correspondents de Peiresc** (1886-98), which 
appears to have been issued in 23 pts.. Harvard having 
pts. 2-6, 8, 10-23, bound in 3 vols. Larousse du XXme 
siecle, 6:583 (1933), mentions only the **Lettres**, not 
giving the title "Correspondents**. Incomplete sets of 
the "Lettres** are located in Crerar (v.3,4,7) and N.Y. 
Pub, Lib, (v,1-5,7), It suggests itself to MFY that 
if the latter portion of the series was devoted to the 
letters written to Peiresc, there may have been a sub¬ 
title, **Gorrespondants**, which the Harvard Library may 
have used, as it has chiefly the later parts. 
Wright, Charles Theodore Hagley. 
Nicholas Fabri de Peiresc. (Roxburghe Club) London, 
1926. (Lib. Cong.) 
