Author: (Ray, John). Seward, A. C
Title: John Ray: A Biographical Sketch Written for the Centenary of the Cambridge Ray Club and Read, in Part, at the Dinner in the Hall of Trinity College on 16 March 1937. [Together with]: The Menu and Two Copies of the Seating Chart
Description: [Cambridge]: Privately printed, (1937). (1937). [Cambridge]: Privately printed, (1937). (1937). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wrappers. The binding is bumped with the spine & extremities darkened & the spine chipped. The rear wrap is creased with a chip to its front edge. 42 & [1] pages plus colophon. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait plate. Good.

Accompanying the pamphlet is the original dinner menu, bound in cream wrappers with a sepia-toned portrait of Ray mounted on the front wrap. One leaf of the menu lists the courses of the dinner and the wines to accompany them. The other leaf lists the order of the toasts to be proposed and Seward's reading. Also included are 2 identical four-page leaflets, each with an alphabetical list of the guests and a seating chart showing where they are to be seated. Good .

Keywords: SCIENCE; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CLUB; CENTENARY DINNER; JOHN RAY: A Biographical Sketch written for the Centenary of the Cambridge Ray Club and read, in part, at the dinner in the Hall of Trinity College on 16 March 1937; A. C. SEWARD; PORTRAIT; MENU; GUEST

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