Description
Octavo, xvi, 372pp. Gray cloth, title on spine, heavily rubbed. Stated second edition on title page. Frontispiece portrait opposite title page. Foxing throughout. Ownership signature of Robert Dale Owen on title page.
Comments: Robert Dale Owen is best remembered as the founder of the Smithsonian Institution. As a member of the congressional delegation from Indiana, he pushed legislation through congress founding the Smithsonian Institution and served on the first Board of Regents.
