A Letter from Silvanus Miller to Dewitt Clinton, L.L.D. on the Fossil Bones of the Mammoth Discovered in the State of New-York, with Some Observations on the Adjacent Country

New York: Nicholas Van Riper, 1815. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to John Pintard at the head of the title. 15, [1]pp. 8vo. Disbound, trimmed with minor loss to inscription. Provenance: General Theological Seminary (perforated stamps). Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to John Pintard at the head of the title. 15, [1]pp. 8vo. Gives an account of the exhumation of the so-called Peale Mastodon, discovered by Charles Wilson Peale and Rev. Annin in Montgomery, New York in 1801, with much on other discoveries. Shaw & Shoemaker 35277; Sabin 49074 (Inventory #: 372389)