Address of Professor Benjamin Peirce president of the American Association for the Year 1853, on retiring from the duties of president

by Benjamin Peirce

$175 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Boston? printed by order of the Association, 1853. First edition, 8vo, pp. 17, 3 ; original plain brown wrappers, nearly loose, but present. On the front wrapper is the inscription Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw with the respects of the author. Shaw was the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court and the father-in-law of Herman Melville. Sabin 59541. Item #55607

• Binding: Wrappers

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