12 volumes. Illustrated. 9x6. Bound in publisher's deluxe full scarlet morocco, gilt titles and deocrations on spine and boards; green morocco medallion onlay to center of front boards, gilt inner dentelles, watered silk doublures and free endpapers, top edge gilt. No. 718 of 875 copies. "James Smithson Memorial Edition."

Each volume individually authored and on a variety of subjects. First volume is history of the Smithsonian Institution by Webster Prentiss True. Subsequent volumes include a variety of scientific, anthropological, and natural history subjects. A handsome set, this registered to Dr. A.S. Blumgarten, signed on the limitation page by series editor Charles G. Abbott.