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HENRI PHILIBERT PAPERS (1888-1896)
2.5 linear inches (1 box)
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Henri
Philibert (1823-1901) was a bryologist and honorary professor at the Faculty
of Letters in Aix, Germany, where he was born November 15, 1823. He conducted
studies of an anatomical structure of mosses called the "peristome," which
is a ring of moisture-absorbing teeth surrounding the opening of the moss
spore capsule.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Henri Philibert collection consists of one box of seven files of
the author's translations of a series of articles entitled Studies on
the peristome.
SERIES DESCRIPTION
Series 1 Studies on the Peristome, 1888-1896
2.5 lin. in. Arranged chronologically.
There is one file containing 5 numbers of the Revue Bryologique
(1888), which published parts 1-5 of Philibert's seventh article on the
peristome. The remaining 6 files are the author's own translations of various
parts of his seventh, eighth, and ninth articles on the subject, plus an
index on the series published from 1884 to 1888.
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Processed November 1999 by David Rose under a grant from
the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) PA-23141-98 and a grant
from the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation.
For more information and a complete description contact:
Susan Fraser, NYBG
Archivist
The LuEsther T. Mertz Library
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY 10458-5126
(718) 817-8879
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