2 parts in 1 volume. viii, 24, [9]-200; viii, 24, 168 pp. Copper engraved diagram in Part I; copper engraved diagram and 2 plates (one folding) in Part II. (4to) 10¼x8, period full calf, gilt lettered morocco title label. First Editions.

Founded in 1780 and with a membership made up of eminent scientists and physicians of the United States and other countries and of dilettantes with a gentlemanly interest in scientific subjects, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences was designed to "cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent and virtuous people". An impressively wide range of articles are included in this volume, written by such men as Nathaniel Bowditch, Joseph Willard, James Winthrop, Edward Wigglesworth, General Samuel Parsons, etc. Part I includes "An Eulogy on The Honourable James Bowdoin" by John Lowell, printed at Boston by Thomas & Andrews in 1791; Part II includes "An Eulogy on General George Washington" by John Davis, printed at Boston by W. Spotswood in 1800. Evans 23523, 25092, & 37293. Sabin 1034, 18445, & 42442.