Individual census record · S084

Jones–Robinson Presentation Copy

An 1859 second-edition copy, later rebound, presented by the Report’s author S. Huntington Jones to A. S. Robinson in August 1859.

RepositoryUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County — Albin O. Kuhn Library, Special Collections

LocationBaltimore, Maryland

Shelfmark / Call NumberPJ1531.R3 1858 ↗

BindingRebound

Binding statusRebound

S084: Later teal cloth front cover with UMBC barcode

Binding Description

Later teal library cloth, the spine lettered in black “Report of the Committee Philomathean Society of the Univ. of Penn.” with a call-number label. Dark brown endpapers. The original publisher’s binding is not present.

Presentation / Association

“A. S. Robinson from S. Huntington Jones Aug 1859.” Later inscription of G. Wm. [surname undeciphered], Baltimore, November 7, 1890.

Provenance Chain

Samuel Huntington Jones (1837–1894) — author → A. S. Robinson — gift, August 1859 → Unresolved gap → G. Wm. [surname undeciphered], Baltimore — inscription, November 7, 1890 → Unresolved gap → University of Maryland, Baltimore County — Albin O. Kuhn Library, Special Collections

Provenance Narrative

S. Huntington Jones, one of the Report’s three authors, inscribed the volume to A. S. Robinson in August 1859, probably Alexander S. Robinson, a Philadelphia dealer in engravings, looking glasses, and picture frames at 910 Chestnut Street. A later pencil inscription reads “G. Wm. [surname undeciphered], Baltimore Md, Nov 7/90.” Intervening ownership and UMBC’s acquisition are unrecorded.

Copy Notes

Inscription: “A. S. Robinson from S. Huntington Jones Aug 1859.” The title bears the second-edition statement. The spine label’s call number dates the volume 1858.