> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 700](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212742) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11128-1) LSID 11128-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q290065) QID Q290065 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Ventenat, Étienne Pierre (1757-1808), French clergyman (canonicus of St. Géneviève), librarian and botanist; librarian of his congregation and also lecturing on botany; remained in charge of this library after its nationalization during the French revolution, becoming the library of the Panthéon. **Abbreviated name**: *Venten.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Vent.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection G|G]] (bought by B. Delessert 1809); other material in [[Collection B|B]] (extant, [[Collection B|B]]-Willd.), [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection G|G]]-DC, [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection WU|WU]]. – *Letters* to J.E. Smith at [[Collection LINN|LINN]]; to Banks at [[Collection BM|BM]]; other letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 275; Backer p. 611; Barnhart 3: 430 (b. 1 Mar 1757, d. 13 Aug 1808); Blunt p. 177; BM 5: 2203; Bret. p. 248; CSP 6: 134; Dawson p. 844; Dryander 3: 387, 442, 651; Frank 3 (Anh.): 108; GF p. 79; GR p. 299, cat. p. 73; Hegi 1: 251; Herder p. 143, 153, 154; Hortus 3: 1206; Jackson p. 113, 421; Langman p. 777; Lasègue p. 70, 75, 191, 295, 527; LS 27659-27660; Moebius p. 45; MW p. 514; NI 2047-2051; Plesch p. 448-449; PR 4782, 9729-9735, ed. 1: 2105, 5321, 10698-10705; Rehder 5: 877; RS p. 146-147; SK 4: xcvii, ccxvi; SO 2635; Sotheby 790-794; TL-1/179, 1355-1358, see D. Villars; TL-2/909; see J.P.P. Delessert, H.A. Schrader; Tucker 1: 717; Urban-Berl. p. 406, 415; Zander ed. 10, p. 728, ed. 11, p. 830. #### Biofile - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 247: 482. 1964; Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu M.E.P. Ventenat, Paris 1808, xii, 83 p.; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl., Auteurs 205: 395-398. 1969; Grand Larousse encycl. 10: 736. 1964; Index biogr. Acad. Sci. 511. 1954. - Baer, W. & H.W. Lack, Pflanzen auf Porzellan, no. 59. 1979. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 456. 1880 (herb.). - Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. souvenirs 62, 95, 96, 184, 197, 548. 1862. - Cuvier, G., Éloge historique de M. Ventenat, Paris 1809, 12 p. - Dawson, W.R., Smith letters 93. 1934. - Glotin, R., Jard. France 1971(6): 12. - Hoefer, ed., Nouv. biogr. gén. 45: 1082-1083. 1866. - Jovet, P., Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. ser. 2. 23: 416-434. 1951 (on original material in Musée de la Malmaison). - Lacroix, A., Fig. savants 4: 63. 1938. - Legée, G., C.R. Congr. natl. Soc. sav. 102 (Limoges)(3): 33-46. 1977 (biographical study, sources, bibl., list of archival material). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 759-760. 1984. - MacPhail, I. et al., Cat. Redout. 18, 29, 20-22, 43, 47, 49, 65. 1963. - Maiden, J.H., J.R. Soc. N.S.W. 44: 131. 1910. - Rix, M., The art of the botanist 162, 163, 166. 1981. - Rompel, J., Österr. bot. Z. 57: 152-156. 1907 (on V. and the use of the word "Phanérogames"). - Saccardo, P.A., Bull. Soc. bot. ital. 1906: 25-27 ("Phanerogamae" not coined by Ventenat but by Saint-Amans (q.v.) in 1791. - Stafleu, F.A., *in* C.L. L'Héritier, Sert. angl., facs. ed. lxi. 1963. - T.d.B., *in* Michaud, Biogr. univ. 43: 115-116. 1854ff. - Wright, R., Gardeners tribute 152, 157, 165, 171, 172, 175. s.d. #### Handwriting Candollea 34: 179-180. 1979. #### Eponymy *Ventenata* G.L. Koeler (1802, *nom. cons.*); *Ventenatia* Cavanilles (1798, *nom. rej.*); *Ventenatia* Trattinick (1802); *Ventenatia* Palisot de Beauvois (1805); *Ventenatia* J.E. Smith (1806). #### Composite works J.B.E. Bulliard, *Hist. champ. France II*, deuxième partie, Jul 1812, edited and published by Ventenat from the Bulliard manuscripts, see TL-2/909. #### Note Louis Ventenat (1765-1794), brother of E.P. Ventenat; also canonicus of St. Geneviève, took part in the expedition of La Biliardière in search of La Pérouse 1791-1793 (see e.g. P. Fournier, Voy. déc. Sci. mission. natural. franç. 90-91. 1932). ### Publications ##### n.16.003. Principes de botanique **Title** *Principes de botanique* expliqués au Lycée républicain,... À Paris (Chez Sallior, ...) An 3me de la République française \[22 Sep 1794-22 Sep 1795\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Princ. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 22 Sep 1794-22 Sep 1795 (an III), p. \[1\]-223, *pl. 1-223*, \[*some copies have an errata sheet added*\], *pl. 1-14* (col. copp. Sophie Dupuis). *Copies*: B, BR, G, NY, U, USDA. *German translation* 1802, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-378 \[379-382, err.\], *pl. 1-14* (id.). *Copies*: B-S, G. – *Anfangsgründe der Botanik*... Frey übersetzt. Durchaus mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen \[by Albrecht von Haller, filius, 1758-1823\]. Zürich (bey Orell, Füssli und Compagnie) 1802. Oct. ##### n.16.004. Tableau du règne végétal **Title** *Tableau du règne végétal*, selon la méthode de Jussieu;... à Paris (de l'Imprimerie de J. Drisonnier) an VII \[1799\]. Oct., 4 vols. **Abbreviated title**: *Tabl. règn. vég.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 5 Mai 1799 (Acad.; JGLF Jun 1799; JT 27 Aug 1799). *Copies*: B, BR, G, HH, MICH, MO, NY, U; IDC 5790. *1*: \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-lxxii, \[1\]-627, \[628, err.\]. *2*: \[i-iii\], \[1\]-607, \[608, err.\]. *3*: \[i-iii\], \[1\]-587, \[588, err.\]. *4*: \[i-iii\], \[1\]-265, *pl. 1-24* (uncol. copp. PJ. & HJ. Redouté). *Note*: follows closely A.L. Jussieu, *Gen. pl.* 1789; can be regarded as an annotated French language revision of Jussieu's work, with the addition of extensive glossaries, more detailed synonymy and literature references. ##### n.16.005. Description des plantes nouvelles et peu connues **Title** *Description des plantes nouvelles et peu connues* cultivés dans le jardin de J.M. Cels... à Paris (de l'imprimerie de Crapelet) an VIII \[1800-1803\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Descr. pl. nouv.* **Notes** *Horticulturist*: Jacques \[Philippe\] Martin Cels 1740-1806 (b. 16 Jun 1740 fide Barnhart). *Publ*.: Sep 1800-21 Feb 1803, in 10 parts, p. \[i-xii\], *pl. 1-100* with \[108 unsigned leaves\] text (uncol. copp.; 81 by P.J. Redouté, 8 by H.J. Redouté, 6 by Maréchal, 2 by Sauvage, 2 by Cloquet, 1 by Laneau \[MacPhail\]). *Copies*: BR, E, G, MO (orig. covers), NY, PH, U, USDA; IDC 706. |Fasc. |plates |dates| |---|---|---| |1 |1-10 |Sep 1800| |2 |11-20 |1800 sero v. 1801 prim.| |3 |21-30 |1 Mar 1801| |4 |31-40 |Jun-Jul 1801| |5 |41-50 |28 Sep 1801| |6 |51-60 |30 Dec 1801| |7 |61-10 |22 Mar 1802| |8 |71-80 |Jul-Aug 1802| |9 |81-90 |Sep-Oct 1802| |10 |91-100 |21 Feb 1803| *Ref*.: Jovet, P., Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. ser. 2. 23: 416-425, 426-435. 1951 (orig. drawings). - MacPhail, I., Cat. Redout. 43. 1963. - Stearn, W.T., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 1: 199-200. 1939. - Viviani, Annali di Botanica, Genova, 1: 192-202, 231-235. 1802-1803, 2: 6-15. 1804. ##### n.16.006. Monographie du genre Tilleul **Title** *Monographie du genre Tilleul*,... Paris (Baudoin, imprimeur de l'Institut national) an X \[1802\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1802, p. \[1\]-21, *pl. 1-5* (uncol. copp.). *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mém. Inst. natl., Paris Cl. I. 4: 1-20, *pl. 1-5* (id.) 1820. *Preliminary publ*.: Bull. Soc. philom. 1800(2): 83-84 (*Extrait d'une monographie du genre Tilleul*). Anal. Ci. nat., Madrid 2: 57-71. 1800 (*Monografia del género Tilo*). *English transl*.: *in* Koenig \[Konig\], Ann. Bot. 1: 207-219. 1 Sep-6 Nov 1804 (*A monograph of the genus Tilia*). ##### n.16.007. Jardin de la Malmaison **Title** *Jardin de la Malmaison*... à Paris (de l'imprimerie de Crapelet, et se trouve chez l'auteur, à la bibliothèque nationale du Panthéon). An XI = 1803 – An XII = 1804 \[-1805\]. 2 vols. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Jard. Malmaison*. **Notes** *Publ*.: in 20 parts Apr 1803-Nov 1805. *Copies*: G, PH, Teyler; IDC 489. – Antiquariaat Junk, Catalogue 225, Apr 1982, offered a copy at Hfl. 80.000. *1*: Apr 1803-Jul 1804, p. \[i-vi\], *pl. 1-60* (col. copp. P.J. Redouté) each plate with 1 leaf (2p.) text. *2*: Aug 1804-Nov 1805, p. \[i-iii\], *pl. 61-120* (id.), with text, \[1-2, table\], \[3, errata\]. |vol. |part |plates |dates| |---|---|---|---| |1 |1 |1-6 |Apr 1803| | |2 |7-12 |Jun 1803| | |3 |13-18 |Jul 1803| | |4 |19-24 |Sep 1803| | |5 |25-30 |Dec 1803| | |6 |31-36 |Jan 1804| | |7 |37-42 |Apr 1804| | |8 |43-48 |Apr 1804| | |9 |49-54 |Jun 1804| | |10 |55-60 |Jul 1804| |2 |11 |61-66 |Aug 1804| | |12 |67-72 |Sep 1804| | |13 |73-78 |Oct 1804| | |14 |79-84 |Dec 1804 v. Jan 1805| | |15 |85-90 |Feb 1805| | |16 |91-96 |Mar 1805| | |17 |97-102 |Jun 1805| | |18 |103-108 |Jul 1805| | |19 |109-114 |Aug 1805| | |20 |115-120 |Nov 1805| The dates given here are those given by Stearn as "approximate". Several of them are confirmed by the records of receipt by the Paris Academy. Ventenat sent his first fascicle to Banks on 20 Apr 1803. The JGLF dates are on the whole somewhat later than the dates given by Stearn and so are the dates of receipt by the "Académie". The plates are coloured stipple engravings of plants by P.J. Redouté. The book was produced under the auspices of the Empress Joséphine. The description of the genus *Josephinia* Ventenat, Jard. Malmaison 67. Sep 1804, is reproduced in Magas. encycl. 1805(4): 147. *Ref*.: MacPhail, I., Cat. Redout. 47. 1963. - Stearn, W.T., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 1: 200-201. 1939. - Steenis-Kruseman, M.J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 19: 1149. 1964. - Stafleu, F.A., Cat. Redout. 19-21. 1963, Redouté and his circle, in Buckman, T., ed., Bibl. nat. Hist. 1966. ##### n.16.008. Choix de plantes **Title** *Choix de plantes*, dont la plupart sont cultivées dans le jardin de Cels,... à Paris (de l'imprimerie de Crapelet...) an xi-1803 \[-1808\]. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Choix pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 22 Aug 1803-1808, in 10 parts, p. \[i-viii\], *pl. 1-60* (uncol. copp., P.J. Redouté 12, P. Bessa, A. Poiteau, HJ. Redouté, P.J.F. Turpin) with text, \[1, index\]. *Copies*: G, MO, PH, U; IDC 754. |part |plates |dates| |---|---|---| |1 |1-6 |22 Aug 1803| |2 |7-12 |1803| |3 |13-18 |Dec 1803 or early Jan 1804| |4 |19-24 |Dec 1803 or early Jan 1804| |5 |25-30 |Apr 1804| |6 |31-36 |Nov 1807| |7 |37-42 |Nov 1807| |8 |43-48 |1808| |9 |49-54 |1808| |10 |55-60 |1808| The dates are taken from Exell and Stearn with the addition of some details from the dates of receipt by the Paris Academy and from JGLF. Livr. 3 and 4 for instance were received by the Academy on 2 Jan 1804; livr. 5 is announced in JGLF Apr 1804. Livr. 6 and 7 were received on 16 Nov 1807. The new genera and species of *t. 31-42* (fasc. 6, 7) were published earlier in the Mém. Math. Phys. Inst. nat. Fr. 1: 1-20. 1807, and those of *t. 43-47*, in the same journal 2: 142-155. 1808. *Ref*.: Exell, A.W., J. Bot. 76: 181-183. 1938. - Stearn, W.T., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. hist. 1: 201. 1939. - Steenis-Kruseman, M.J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 19: 1149. 1964. ##### n.16.009. Decas generum novorum **Title** *Decas generum novorum*, aut parum cognitorum,... Parisiis (Typis E. Dufart) 1808. **Abbreviated title**: *Dec. gen. nov.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1808, p. \[3\]-10. *Copies*: K; IDC 5261. – Reproduced in facsimile by Stearn (1970). *Ref*.: Stearn, W.T., *in* \[Smit and ter Laage, Essays in Biohistory\] Regn. veg. 71: 342-352. 31 Dec 1970 (facs. repr., commentary).