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### Author
Nicolson, (Père) (1734-ca. 1790), Dominican priest in Paris who lived about four years on Santo Domingo.
**Abbreviated name**: *Nicols.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Nicolson bis*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Backer p. 395; Barnhart 3: 4; BM 3: 1433; Dryander 1: 163; Candolle, A. P. de, Prodr. 2: 325. Nov 1825.
- Kew 4: 143; Lasègue p. 489, 505; PR 6695 (ed. 1: 7493); Rehder 1: 334; Tucker 1: 519.
- Poiret, J. L. M., Enc. méth., Bot. 8: 741-742. 1808.
- Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 116-117. 1898 (on *Essai*; Original material unknown).
#### Eponymy
*Nicolsonia* A. P. de Candolle (1825).
### Publications
##### n.6787. Essai sur l'histoire naturelle
**Title**
*Essai sur l'histoire naturelle* de l'isle *de Saint-Domingue*, avec des figures en taille-douce. A Paris (Chez Gobreau,...) 1776. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Ess. hist. nat. S. Domingue*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1776 (privilège dated 19 Aug 1775), frontisp., p. \[i\]-xxxi, \[1\]-374, \[1-2, privilège\], *pl. 1-10* (uncol. copp. Moithey l'aîdné sculp.). *Copies*: G, MO. – Author's name given in "approbation" on p. 374; see also Dryander 1: 163.