LECCIONES ORALES SOBRE LA HISTORIA DE CUBA, PRONUNCIADAS EN EL ATENEO DEMOCRATICO CUBANO DE NUEVA YORK.
Santacilia, Pedro:
Nueva-Orleans: Imprenta de Luis Eduardo del Cristo, 1859. xi,220pp. Later black morocco spine gilt over contemporary marbled boards. Boards worn along edges and extremities. Light scattered foxing and dampstaining. Bookplates of noted collectors Oscar Benjamin Cintas and Alberto Parreņo on front pastedown. Very good. The author was a Cuban national who came to New York in 1853 as an exile. He later travelled to Mexico to join the liberal ranks during the War of Reform, joining the government of the new Republic in the 1860s. Eight lectures are included, in which Santacilia examines Cuba's history with a critical eye towards Spanish rule. PALAU 299379. SWANN PARREŅO SALE, 1978, lot 1358 (this copy).
(Item ID: WRCAM39838) $500.00