ITEM DETAILS

Tremont, St. Boston: A. Marshall 1871. Hard Cover. First Edition. A portrait book of the members of the House of Representatives, Massachusetts, 1871. Most pages contain 12 photographs, each photo a small oval format approx 1 1/16 x 1 3/8 inches with name and area represented printed beneath. The overall page size is 7 1/2 x 7 3/4. The first page identifies the Chaplain, Clerk, Speaker and Sergeant at Arms with a small photograph of the State Capital - this page is somewhat faded though still readable, as is normal in our experience. Most other pages in the book have good contrast and are good photographs with easily read name tags, although there is some minor foxing and edge fading. There are 23 pages. The second to last page's center oval contains the Massachusetts Coat of Arms. The last 2 of pages contain workers for the State (messengers, door-keeper's, postmasters, pages, etc). Original 3/4 leather over cloth binding in good condition, noting the spine perished. The binding is loose and there is mild foxing and soiling to some of the pages. Some rubbing to the leather at the extremities. House of Representatives Massachusetts 1871 in gold gilding (still bright) on front cover. As of this writing there are only two copies of this item listed in OCLC. Augustus Marshall, a photographer on Tremont Street in Boston, is known to have taken albums for 1871, 1874, 1875, and 1881 House of Representatives. This album has a center oval on the last page that contains "A Marshall 147 Tremont St. Boston" in the center oval (instead of a portrait, apparently scratched into a negative). A nice piece of photographic history. Good.

[Book #14360]