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Index to library (= gilt title to front cover)

Index to library (= gilt title to front cover)

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Index to library (= gilt title to front cover): American Manuscript Library Catalogue

by C. Lawrence Lavretta

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198 lithogr. pages with columns for subject, volume-number, number of volumes, author, title, section and row. Pages 1-142 with manuscript entries, pages 143-198 blank.

Cont. half leather, gilt spine and gilt title to front cover. Front paste-down a with stationary ticket of Jos. Levy & Bros.Co, New Orleans. Folio. Spine and corners renewed. Covers soiled.

Library catalogue of Constantine Lawrence Lavretta (1858-1921), mayor of Mobile, Alabama from 1894 to 1897. A businessman, head of the firm begun by his father, Lavretta also served as a state legislator, a member of the board of public works, and an Alabama delegate to the Democratic national convention of 1900. He is considered the first Italian-American mayor of a major city in the United States. His catalogue is divided into 11 sections (headed 'groups') including history, heraldry, natural history, dictionaries, drama, literature, erotica, etc. containig over 5000 titles. 2 out of 3 leaves with typewritten contents of the various sections loosely laid in, and a 6-page supplemental list in pencil of the works of Balzac. Light finger-soiling in places.

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Antiquariat Banzhaf DE (DE)
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Title
Index to library (= gilt title to front cover)
Author
C. Lawrence Lavretta
Book Condition
Used
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Place of Publication
Mobile
Date Published
ca 1900 ?
Size
Folio (440 x 360 mm)
Weight
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Antiquariat BanzhafWe specialize in illustrated books and manuscripts from the 17th to 20th centuries. We are focused on book arts, architecture and landscape, costume. We always have some mostly 19th century vintage photography albums and prints in stock. We issue on a regular base email lists and printed catalogs.

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Paste-down
The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Spine
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Leaves
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Gilt
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Folio
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Soiled
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