Large quarto. Manuscript on paper. 963 autographs pasted on 64 leaves. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-stamped red morocco, decorative endpapers, housed in custom red cloth clamshell case. Clean and crisp. Case rubbed and marked.

A handsomely produced memorial volume presented to Ronald Leslie Collett (1886-1955) on the occasion of his retirement from the Royal Institute of Chemistry, at which he served as both assistant secretary (1925-44) and registrar (1945-51). The volume, following an elaborate, well-executed illuminated manuscript dedication, is comprised of near one thousand autographs of members of the institute - dated between 1899 and 1951- notably including sometime president, organic chemist and specialist in carcinogenic compounds, Sir James Wilfred Cook (1900-1975).