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### Author
Bessa, Pancrace (1772-1835), French botanical artist at the "Jardin des plantes."
**Abbreviated name**: *Bessa* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bessa*\]
#### Original drawings
47 in Paris, Muséum Histoire Naturelle, collection des vélins.
*Ref*.: DU 34-41; NI sub 161.
#### Bibliography and biography
Bamhart 1: 178; BM 1: 156; DU 31-40 (bibl.); NI 159-161; PR 750.
#### Composite works
Contributed illustrations to the "Nouveau Duhamel, " vols. 4-7 (see Duhamel du Monceau) and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Herbier général de l'amateur. See also NI 2: 242 \[index\].