Early work on using fingerprints to determine identity...
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, May 29 1897 The ftpg. has nice prints of the rules of various European countries, at the center being: "Queen Victoria".
Other prints inside include: "The Terrible Fire at the Charity Bazar in Paris" "The Centennial Jubilee of the High Hat" "Centrifugal Pumping Engines for the Union Dry Dock, Newport" "View of a Woodworking Shop Provided with an Aspirator and Separator" "An Interesting Bear Family" "Experiment With a Deaf Mute" & more.
An interesting article: "Finger Prints in the Determination of Identity" includes 3 photos (see). This would seemingly be very early research in what is now a very common-lace method to determine identity.
Sixteen pages, tiny binding holes at the blank spine margin, some binding residue at the spine, good condition.