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Antoine Gouan (1733-1821)
Illustrationes et observationes botanicae, ad specierum historiam facientes / Antoines Gouan. 1773
RCIN 1057032
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A collection of illustrations of plants and descriptions using the Linnaean system. Gouan was responsible for the popularisation of Linnaeus's system in France through his various botanical publications. He was responsible for acquiring and classifying plants for the botanic garden at Montpellier and is credited with planting the first ginkgo tree in France.
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Bookplate of John Coakley Lettsom (no. 4171), acquired by William Forsyth, 1811. Acquired by William IV, c. 1835.
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