> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 95](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066435) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11427-1) LSID 11427-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21612269) QID Q21612269 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Watelet, (Jean-François\] Adolphe (1811-1879), French teacher, palaeobotanist and mineralogist at Soissons. **Abbreviated name**: *Watelet* \[standard form in IPNI: *Watelet*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. – Original pencil drawings of the "*Description*" purchased by BM 1880. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 345; Barnhart 3: 462; Herder p. 354; IF p. 737; Jackson p. 185; Langman p. 792; NI 2109; PR 10.001; Quenstedt p. 452 (b. 24 Sep 1811). #### Biofile - Anon., Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 218: 844-846. 1973. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.519. 1980. - Fossé d'Arcosse, Bull. Soc. archéol. hist. sci. Soissons 11: 55-62. 1880 (obit., portr.; b. 24 Sep 1811, d. 25 Dec 1879). - Lefèvre, Th., Mém. Soc. malacol. Belgique 15: xl-xlviii. 1880 (obit., bibl.). - Malinvaud, L.J.E., Table art. orig. Bull. Soc. bot. France 238. 1899. - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 532. 1899. ### Publications ##### n.16.797. Description des plantes fossiles du Bassin de Paris **Title** *Description des plantes fossiles du Bassin de Paris*... Paris (J.-B. Baillière et fils,...), Londres (Hipp. Baillière), Madrid (C. Bailly-Baillière), Leipzig (E. Jung Treuttel,...) \[1865\]-1866. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Descr. pl. foss. Bass. Paris*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1865-1866 (in parts; p. \[vi\]: Sep 1866). *Text*: p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-264. *Atlas*: p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-30, \[31, err.\], *pl. 1-60* (uncol. liths. Eugénie Watelet). *Copies*: BR, G, NY. – Lief. 1-2, p. 1-80, *pl. 1-20* were received by Flora before 29 Nov 1865, by BSbF after 15 Sep 1865; livr. 3-4, p. 81-144, *pl. 21-30* were mentioned by BSbF 13 Jun 1866 as of "1865", Q.J.G.S. London mentions livr. 1-5 as of 1865, as received 1 Jan-31 Mar 1866. The original drawings, plus 21 unused drawings, are at BM.