A HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Formerly the LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. By Herman Le Roy Fairchild, Recording Secretary. Read, in abstract, before the Society, May 18, 1886.

Verlag: New York: Published by the Author, 1887., 1887

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- Octavo, 10 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Yellow boards. The soiled & rubbed covers are detached and the spine has perished. xii & 190 deckle-edged pages, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of John S. Newberry and 33 full-page plates, including 26 portraits and 7 plates depicting related New York City buildings. Of the plates, 11 are artotype portraits by Edward Bierstadt. The overlapping edges of a few pages are creased and lightly chipped. The contents are bright and near fine and the book would be well-worth rebinding. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. RARE.Among the 34 plates are 11 Artotype photographic portraits by Edward Bierstadt. These consist of portraits of:John Strong Newberry, physician, geologist and paleontologistCharles A. Joy, chemistBenjamin Nicholas Martin, scientistCharles M. Wheatley, miner and palaeontologistThomas Bland, geographer (esp. West Indies)John H. Redfield, botanistRobert Dinwiddie, naturalistHenry Carrington Bolton, chemist and bibliographer of scienceDaniel S. Martin, geologistOliver Payson Hubbard, professor of chemistry and pharmacology, mineralogy, and geology at DartmouthWilliam P. Trowbridge, mechanical engineer, military officer, and naturalistIn addition, the book is illustrated with 5 photogravure portraits consisting of the following:Thomas Egleston, engineer who helped found Columbia University's School of MinesAlexis A. Julien, geologistJohn H. HintonAlbert Ripley Leeds, chemistHerman LeRoy Fairchild, geologistThere are an additional 4 engraved portraits:Samuel L. Mitchill, physician, naturalist, politicianWilliam C. Redfield, meteorologistAsa Gray, botanistJohn C. Jay, physician, conchologist, a founder of the New York Yacht ClubAnother 7 portraits are printed on glossy stock:John Brodhead Beck, physician, an authority on miscarriage, abortion, infant physiologyJames E. De Kay, zoologistJoseph Delafield, mineralogist, soldier, diplomatJohn Torrey, botanist, chemist, and physicianWilliam Cooper, zoologistRobert H. Brownne, botanistLouis Elsberg, medicinePictured are the following New York City buildings:College of Physicians and Surgeons, Barclay StreetNew York Institution, the old AlmshouseNew York Dispensary, White and Centre StreetsThe Lyceum Building, 563 BroadwayStuyvesant InstituteUniversity Medical College on 14th StreetHamilton Hall, Columbia CollegeEdward Bierstadt's (1824-1906) younger brother, the well known Hudson River School artist Albert Bierstadt studied painting in Europe and brought back with him knowledge of Joseph Albert's new patented process of printing photographs, called Albertypes. Edward and his older brother Charles Bierstadt were photographic pioneers in their own rights. They operated a photographic studio in New Bedford, Massachusetts and a decade later, moved to New York City. The brothers took pleasure in inventing new techniques and devices. Artotypes, which Bierstadt produced, are defined as a form of photolithograph printed in ink from a photographic plate in bichromated gelatin.…

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Titel
A HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Formerly the LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. By Herman Le Roy Fairchild, Recording Secretary. Read, in abstract, before the Society, May 18, 1886.
Autor
Fairchild, Herman Le Roy.
Verlag
New York: Published by the Author, 1887.
Erscheinungsjahr
1887
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Good
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Hardcover
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Science

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