[Item #49666] Laws and Members of the Cambridge Humane Society to Which Is Prefixed an Account of Its Origin. CAMBRIDGE HUMANE SOCIETY.

Laws and Members of the Cambridge Humane Society to Which Is Prefixed an Account of Its Origin

Cambridge: Metcalf and Company, 1853. [Second Edition]. 12mo (17cm.); publisher's tan wrappers printed within double rule; 14pp. Faint vertical fold, else Near Fine. Later edition of this handbook issued by the Society which was founded in 1814 "To provide for the relief and comfort of the indigent sick" (p. [3]). The list of members, many of them marked as deceased, include Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Richard H. Dana, and Asa Gray.

Price: $75.00

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