Background
Laurenti, Joseph Luciano was born on December 10, 1931 in Hespérange, Luxembourg. Arrived in the United States, 1949. Son of Ernesto Carlo and Angelina Teresa (Dal Canton) Laurenti.
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The Hispanic Rare Books of the Golden Age (1470-1699) collection is one of America's most outstanding collections of rare Hispanic books. It consists of approximately 1019 printed books, the property of the Newberry Library of Chicago. Among these printed books covering the entire period of the Spanish Golden Age, there can be found rarities considered museum pieces by scholars. Alemán, Amadís de Guala, las Casas, Cervantes, Granada, Guevara, Hurtado de Mendoza, Lazarillo de Tormes, Montemayor, Mejía, Nebrija, Quevedo, Rojas, Rivadeneyra, Valdés and Luis Vives, among hundreds of others, are represented in extremely rare editions as well as some translations into English, Dutch, French, Italian, and German.
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This catalog of Spanish rare books is the continuation of a previous catalog: The Spanish Golden Age (1472-1700): A Catalog of Rare Books Held in the Library of the University of Illinois and in Selected North American Libraries (Boston, 1979). The scope of this second volume is the same as that used for the previous volume of 1472-1700. Listed are all Spanish rare books printed between 1701-1974 located in the «Rare Book Room» of the University of Illinois. In addition, this catalog provides the locations of copies in other libraries in the United States and Canada. Most important is the inclosure of a selective and rather extensive Hispanic bibliography which will facilitate the identification and location of rare Hispanic books printed during the last five centuries. This is a valuable reference work which brings to the attention of Hispanists a wide range of rare and valuable books.
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Laurenti, Joseph Luciano was born on December 10, 1931 in Hespérange, Luxembourg. Arrived in the United States, 1949. Son of Ernesto Carlo and Angelina Teresa (Dal Canton) Laurenti.
Bachelor in Spanish, French, Italian, University Illinois, Urbana, 1958. Master of Arts in Spanish, French, Italian, University Illinois, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish, French, University Missouri, 1962.
Instructor Spanish University Illinois, Urbana, 1959, University Missouri, Columbia, 1959—1962. Professor Spanish, Italian and German Illinois State University, Normal, 1962—2001. Retired, 2001
United States correspondent Quaderni Ibero-American, Torino, Italy, 1974—1993, AZB Revista de Cultura Internacional.
Corporal United States Army, 1952-1954.
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Member of American Association of University Professors, Modern Language Association (nominated prize for distinguished bibliography 2002), Illinois Association Teachers of Modern Languages, Midwest Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, American Association Professors of Italian, International Association Philogists, International Association of Hispanists, Association de Cervantistas (life), Association de Bibliografia Española (life), Sigma Delta Pi (chapter president 1958-1959, Medal of Order of Don Quixote).
Married Luellen W. Watson, June 10, 1967 (deceased June 2000).