[Rarebooks] FS: YALE CLASS OF 1851 AUTOGRAPH ALBUM including Autograph of Alexander VON HUMBOLDT

[Charles Agvent]

[SILLIMAN, Benjamin; WOOLSEY, Theodore; et. al.] [Alexander VON 
HUMBOLDT]. [YALE CLASS OF 1851 AUTOGRAPH ALBUM]. First Edition. Octavo 
(5-3/4" x 8") bound in full contemporary black morocco leather stamped 
in blind and gilt with "Autographs. Class of 1851." in gilt on the front 
cover and the student's name "E. Hungerford" stamped in gilt on the 
rear. Several current faculty are depicted with engraved portraits as 
well as several deceased Yale faculty and a few engraved views of the 
campus. The book is SIGNED, often with added sentiments, by over 100 
faculty and students including Yale President Theodore Woolsey, Jeremiah 
Day, Benjamin Silliman, Eleazor Fitch, Jonathan Knight, Nathaniel 
Taylor, James Kingsley, Denison Olmsted, Thomas Thacher, Noah Porter, 
Theodore Munger, Roger Welles, and a host of others. Interestingly one 
of the initial blanks is SIGNED by the explorer and author of KOSMOS, 
Alexander von Humboldt, who has added an inscription dated November 
1855. Tipped-in at the rear is a four-page pamphlet: SONGS AND CHORUSES 
FOR PRESENTATION DAY, JUNE 18, 1851, which has the bottom quarter cut 
off and lacking. Recently and neatly rebacked retaining the original 
spine. Very light, scattered foxing. Near Fine.

Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian geographer, naturalist, and 
explorer. Latin American expedition of 1799-1804 is one of the most 
influential scientific journeys in history, laying the foundations for 
the disciplines of physical geography and meteorology and making major 
contributions to fields as diverse as botany and demographics. 
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