> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 118](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120249) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12337-1) LSID 12337-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568417) QID Q3568417 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Barbey, William (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Barbey, William (1842-1914), Swiss philanthropist and botanist. **Abbreviated name**: *Barbey* \[standard form in IPNI: *Barbey*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection G|G]]. *Ref*.: IH 2: 54. #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(1): 533-534, 5(2): 126; Barnhart 1: 119; BL 1: 41, 2: 386; BM 1: 96, 6: 57; Bossert p. 21; CSP 12: 48, 13: 289; GR p. 637; Kew 1: 157; LS 1704, 4471, 8965-8967, 25714a; NI 75; Zander ed. 10, p. 631. - Adamina, J. rélig. églises indép. Suisse romande, Neuchâtel 48, 28 Nov 1914 (fide Briquet 1915, n.v.). - Bonnard, J. de Genève 19 Nov 1914 (id.). - Chodat et Barbey, Bull. Soc. bot. Genève ser. 2. 6: 220-240. 1914 (portr., bibl.) - Fatio, La Patrie suisse 4 Dec 1914 (portr.) (fide Briquet 1915, n.v.). - Secrétan, Gazette de Lausanne 19 Nov 1914 (fide Briquet 1915, n.v.). - Briquet, Bull. Soc. bot. France 62: 201-204. 1915. - Briquet, Verh. Schweiz. naturf. Ges. 1915: 63-72. (portr., bibl.) - Candolle, Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Genève 38. 1915. - Sablet, L'ami du dimanche mai 1915 (fide Briquet 1915, n.v.). - Vautier, Le lieu, Canton de Vaud 22(1). 1915 (portr.) (id.). - Moreillon, Bull. Soc. vaud. Sci. nat. 52: 235. 1919. - Briquet, Bull. Soc. bot. Suisse 50a: 23-30. 1940. - Cavillier, Boissiera 5: 14. 1941. #### Composite works - (1) Stefani et al., *Samos*, Étude géologique, paléontologique, et botanique. Lausanne 1892. - (2) Durand et Baratte, *Florae Libycae Prodromus* (1910); Barbey collaborator. - (3) *Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier*, 2 series, 1893-1908 (see also E. Autran and G. Beauverd who were the actual editors). #### Eponymy *Barbeya* G. Schweinfurth (1891); *Barbeyella* Meylan (1914). #### Note Barbey married E. Boissier's daughter and became later the proprietor of Boissier's collections to which he added significantly. He later called himself Barbey-Boissier in accordance with the Swiss custom of his time by which the married man added the name of his wife to his own. Barbey was a maecaenas of the type of Banks and Delessert anp made his collections liberally available to his colleagues. The collections are now at G. ### Publications ##### n.296. Florae Sardoae compendium **Title** *Florae Sardoae compendium* \[.\] Catalogue raisonné des végétaux observés dans l'ile de Sardaigne. Lausanne (Georges Bridel) 1884. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Sard. comp.* **Notes** *Orig. ed*.: Possibly in parts 1884-1885 but then contents of parts not known. The book was submitted to Nat. Nov. as a whole and listed Dec 1885; J. Bot. lists it Jan 1886. The title page is dated 1884 but p. \[253\] is dated 1 Oct 1885. Until further evidence of publication in parts is available the date that should be accepted is Oct-Nov 1885. Pagination: \[1\]-251, \[253\]-263, \[1 p. cont.\], *pl. 1-7* (nos. 1-6 plain, no. 7 a coloured lithograph). *Copies*: B, NY. – The original cover has a different title: "Florae... Sardaigne dressé par William Barbey... avec supplément par MM P. Ascherson et E. Levier." Lausanne 1885, hence the frequent citation of the book as of 1884-1885. Page \[170\] is blank, \[171\] has a note introducing the supplement by Ascherson and Levier, which follows until p. 263. *Facsimile ed*.: Announced by the trade (1971), n.v. *Ref*.: BM 1: 96; Kew 1: 157. ##### n.297. Epilobium **Title** *Epilobium* genus a cl. Ch. Cuisin illustratum auspice William Barbey. Lausanne (Georges Bridel) 1885. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Epilobium*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1885, late (Nat. Nov. Mar 1886; J. Bot. Apr 1886), p. \[i-v\], *pl. 1-24* with each 2 p. letterpress, \[1 p. table\], plate *20* lacking. *Copy*: HH. *Ref*.: BM 1: 96; Kew 1: 157; NI 75. ##### n.298. Index botanique universel des genres, espèces et variétés de plantes parus depuis le 1er janvier 1901 **Title** *Index botanique universel des genres, espèces et variétés de plantes parus depuis le 1er janvier 1901*. Genève, index cards nos. 1-17199. **Abbreviated title**: *Index bot. universel*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Published between 1902 and 1906, as a supplement to the Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier and intended to be intercalated in the Gray Herbarium Index. Main editor: Gustave Beauverd (1867-1942). *Ref*.: Briquet, Bull. Soc. Bot. Suisse 50a: 30. 1940.