Title
Catalogue of the library of the late Rev. Joseph M. Finotti, member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, American Numismatic Society, etc. : comprising early American newspapers, local histories, Indians and Indian languages, early Catholic imprints, Jesuit relations, Catholic almanacs, early Bibles, Brownson's review, Encyclopedia Britannica, Appleton's Encyclopedia, new edition, Charlevoix's New France, Martin's Louisiana, Robin's travels, large number of pamphlets, works in the U.S., many of them with autograph letters and newspaper cuttings : also, silver medal of Charles Carroll of Carrollton / to be sold at auction, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 16th, 17th and 18th, 1879 by Bangs & Co.
Notes
Catalog of the library of a Jesuit priest and graduate of Georgetown College who collected a large amount of Catholic imprints, later embodied in his "Bibliotheca Catholica Americana" (New York, 1872), in which he gives titles of all known books and pamphlets by members of his communion, printed in the United States down to 1820.
At head of title: Executor's sale.
Introduction signed: J.G.S. [i.e. John Gilmary Shea].