[Rarebooks] FS: 1851 Yale University Autograph Album SIGNED by over 100 Faculty & Students, price reduced
Charles Agvent
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Thu Aug 25 11:13:56 EDT 2016
Price reduced to $600 NET
[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.
(#015320) $1,000.00
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