Thomas Say Benjamin (4 results)

First Edition. Professionally bound in full buckram with a gilt-blocked aniline calf label. Very impressively finished - a sumptuous copy with clear, clean text. Highly uncommon in such positive condition. ; 151 pages; Physical desc. : 34, 151, [1]p : 12mo. Subjects; Society of Friends - Freemasonry. Referenced by: Evans 31161. State noted. In the first, p. 32-34, 1st count, are misnumbered 30-32, blank leaf c6 is present, and p. [152] is blank. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A Short Compilation of the Extraordinary Life and Writings of Thomas Say; in Which is Faithfully Copied, From the Original Manuscript, The Uncommon Vision, Which he had when a young Man. By His Son [Benjamin Say]. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Budd and Bartram, 1796, First Edition. 151 p, full leather re-backed binding measures 6.5 x 4\u0094, 18mo. In fair condition. Boards scuffed at edges and worn\/bumped at corners; fore-edge of front board exhibits loss. Head and tail of re-backed spine scuffed with light chipping at tail; Morocco title label intact but gilt lettering soiled. Ex-library bookplate found n front paste-down: \"Library Association of the Diligent Hose Company\". Pencil marginalia on front end-page. Ex-library blind stamps on title page and page 3. Toning and age-staining through text-block. Binding intact. Please see photos. Benjamin Say (1755 \u0096 1813) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Say was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Thomas (1709\u00961796) and Rebekah Atkinson Budd Say (1716\u00961795), He married Ann Bartram Bonsall (1759\u00961793) on Oct. 1, 1776, a granddaughter of naturalist John Bartram. Their son Thomas Say (1787\u00961835) became a pioneering entomologist. Say graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1780 and practiced in that city. He also worked as an apothecary. He served in the American Revolutionary War, and was a fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, of which he was one of the founders in 1787, and was treasurer from 1791 to 1809. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Prison Society and president of the Pennsylvania Humane Society. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate. First Edition. RAREA1796CILX - 04\/23 FORN-TUB-0084-BB-2507-HKREV1049.

First Edition. Professionally bound in full buckram with a gilt-blocked aniline calf label. Very impressively finished - a sumptuous copy with clear, clean text. Highly uncommon in such positive condition. ; 151 pages; Physical desc. : 34, 151, [1]p : 12mo. Subjects; Society of Friends - Freemasonry. Referenced by: Evans 31161. State noted. In the first, p. 32-34, 1st count, are misnumbered 30-32, blank leaf c6 is present, and p. [152] is blank. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. full leather cover, heavily worn and crumbling, top board detached. pages tanned.