> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 744](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355831) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/20012095-2) LSID 20012095-2, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21522145) QID Q21522145 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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.