Scope and Contents Introductory statement: "In becoming a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, I promise to conform myself to its constitution, laws and regulations, and in testimony of this declaraction, I do hereunto subscribe my name." The first page is signed by Wm. Maclure, Zaccheus Collins, George Ord, Reuben Haines, Edward Barton, John Barnes, Thomas Say, LeSueur, Isaiah Lukens, T. Peale, Jacob Peirce, J. Gilliams, and Benjamin Say. The first 51 pages have no dates or code...

Overview Charles Alexandre Lesueur, 1778-1846, artist and naturalist, participated in Napoleon's expedition to Australia (1800-1804), and joined William Maclure in his geologic survey of Europe, the West Indies and the Eastern United States (1815-1817). Upon returning to Philadelphia, Lesueur and Maclure wrote out the results of their travels, publishing many scientific papers in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with Lesueur also publishing findings from his Australian...

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One litho by Lesueur of Belonus 1821; one copperplate print of same; one engraving of by James S. King of Joseph Leidy 1903