Proceedings on the occasion of laying the corner-stone of the new library building of the city of Boston
Subtitle: November 28, 1888
Contributors: Abbott, Samuel A. B., (Samuel Appleton Browne), 1846-1931, author, speaker; Gordon, George A. (George Angier), 1853-1929, author, speaker; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894, author, speaker; Prince, Frederick O. (Frederick Octavius), 1818-1899, author, speaker; O'Brien, Hugh, 1827-1895, author, speaker; Boston (Mass.). City Council; Rockwell and Churchill
Published: 1889
Language: eng
Number of pages: 74
Subjects: Buildings, structures; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; Boston Public Library; Male authors; Public libraries; Poetry; Design and construction; History; Limited editions; Library buildings; Specimens; Occasional speeches
Other titles: Laying the corner-stone of the new library building :
Notes: Title vignette (seal of the City of Boston). Manufacture statement from title verso.

"Ordered, That the Superintendent of Printing has authorized to have printed, as a Memorial volume, fifteen hundred copies of the Account of the Proceedings at the Laying  of the Corner-Stone of the New Library building, ..."--page 5.

Contains "Poems" by Oliver Wendell Holmes, pages 19-20.

Spine title: Laying the corner-stone of the new library building, Boston, 1888.

BAL 9015

Text in English.

Bound in brown cloth over boards. Upper cover features seal of the City of Boston stamped in gilt at center. Spine title stamped in gilt. Lower cover features seal of the City of Boston stamped in blind at center.

Catalogued 20190515 bhealy
Table of contents: title: Remarks  -- Samuel A. B. Abbott, President of the Board of Trustees; title: Prayer  -- Rev. George A. Gordon; title: Poem  -- Oliver Wendell Holmes; title: Address  -- Frederick O. Prince; title: Address  -- Mayor Hugh O'Brien; title: Appendix.