Paris, France/parisG052
Previous | Home | Next". . .The celebrated library a collection of vellums [parchment documents] bequeathed by Gaston d'Orléans [historical documents outlining the European history]. The garden has preserved the maple of Tournefort (1702), the cedar of Jussieu (1734), and the yew of Buffon (1750)."
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1756-1708) and
Bernard de Jussieu (1699-1777) were botanists, and Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788) was the famous naturalist who was curator 1739-1788.
