Constitution and Laws of the Boston Marine Society; Instituted in the Year 1742; Incorporated in the Year 1754 by Boston Marine Society - 1830

Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1830. 12mo. 155 x 90 mm., (6 x 3 3/4 inches). 48 pp., with a bifolium laid-in with "Members Entered Since August 1830. Bound in contemporary blue marbled wrappers; spine a bit chipped, otherwise fine. The text includes the Charter of the Boston Marine Society, the Act which incorporated the Society in 1754, and the twenty-four rules which govern its operations. Also included are the list of members and the years in which they were admitted, from the beginning in 1742 to 1830. An additional list of members from 1830 to 1834 was prepared and laid-in at the end of the pamphlet. Although numerous of editions are cited in OCLC, this edition of 1830 is unrecorded. In addition, it is not cited in the online catalogues of AAS, Harvard, LibraryCompany, and the Library of Congress. (413).