ADDRESS OF PROFESSOR A. D. BACHE, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR 1851, ON RETIRING FROM THE DUTIES OF PRESIDENT.

(1852), pp xli - lx, (20pp), no covers, apparently removed from a bound volume. Moderate soiling else G. In plastic report covers. Professor A. D. Bache was stepping down as President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. From his opening remarks: "On retiring from the office of President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, I submit, in conformity with usage, to its members, a few remarks in relation to the circumstances attending its organization, and to its progress, and some considerations of the direction in which we may look for its greatest usefulness.".