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Constitution and By-Laws of the National Institution for the Promotion of Science, established at Washington, May, 1840
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About This Item
Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1840. 8vo. 215 x 140 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ½ inches]. 14 pp. Original green printed wrappers; removed from a tract volume, spine paper missing, otherwise very good copy. First edition of the constitution of the National Institution, which was organized to ensure that the legacy of John Smithson was secured for the nation and that it be dedicated to the promotion of science in America. It became the repository of the artifacts collected during the U. S. Expedition to the West, collections that were transferred to the Smithsonian after the NIPS was absorbed by Smithsonian Institution in the 1850's. As one might suspect many of America's most prominent scientists, politicians, and businessmen were part of the governing body and members in the institution when it was organized in 1840.
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- Title
- Constitution and By-Laws of the National Institution for the Promotion of Science, established at Washington, May, 1840
- Author
- (Smithsonian Institution]
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by Gales and Seaton
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1840
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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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