Cadwallader Colden Papers (9 vols) Collections of the New-York Historical Society

Colden, Cadwallader. Cadwallader Colden Papers (9 vols) Collections of the New-York Historical Society, 1917-23, 1934, 1935. New York: Printed for the Society, 1918-1937. First Editions. [9492] Nine volumes in green cloth, five are in original bindings, four are in later (1965) bindings. All bindings tight, almost no shelf-wear, clean pp. These measure 9 1/2 x 6 inches, and vary in the number of pages. Each volume has an analytical index. The end paper hinges in vol. IV are partly torn. Very good. Hardcover. "One cannot read the correspondence of Cadwallader Colden and peruse his philosophical and scientific papers without realizing what a genius he was and wondering why he did not achieve greatness in the country he had served so faithfully during a long life. He is most familiarly known as the Tory Lieutenant Governor of New York at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War while his wonderful range of knowledge has been quite lost sight of." - Preface to Vol. I.The original seven-volume