Mexico. 1844-1849. Three volumes: [4],vii,[1],270,[2],30,[4],226,8; [4],325,[1],22,[1],138,13,[2]; [4],392,116,[1]pp., plus thirty-seven plates (one colored), three folding facsimiles, and a double-page map. Half title in each volume. Contemporary half green calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Boards edgeworn, hinges rubbed. Scattered light foxing. With the bookplate of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana on the front.....
Mexico: Ignacio Cumplido, 1835. 96pp. plus three folding tables and two index leaves. Original printed pink wrappers. Chipping and wear to spine, some light wear and minor soiling to wrappers. Internally clean. Minor loss to final index leaf, affecting one or two letters of text. Very good. According to Streeter.....
Madrid. 1769. [36],374,[28]pp. Folio. Contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title. Minor soiling. Very good plus. Second edition, after the first of 1726. With years of administrative experience and the impressive title of "Alcalde Visitador del Commercio entre Castilla, y las Indias," Don Antonio José Alvarez de Abreu (1683-1756) was clearly well.....
Mexico City. 1856. 480,[4]pp. Several errors in pagination. Small quarto. Contemporary red half sheep and boards, spine gilt. Boards and extremities rubbed. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. Light toning and minor foxing. Very good. An extremely valuable compilation which gives detailed data, including route, scenery, and other key information, about.....
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Havana. Nov. 22, 1834. [2]pp. plus blank integral leaf. Bifolium. Minor edgewear and toning. Offsetting. Good. Manuscript document, written by John Morland, acting consul in Cuba, relaying the details of the voyage of the ship "Hunter" travelling from New York to New Orleans. The ship ran into trouble partway through.....
[Madrid]. 1783. pp.161-71pp. Dbd. Very good. This supplement to the official gazette of the Spanish court was issued as a periodical, but numbered consecutively. This is thus an early, possibly the first, Spanish printing of the preliminary articles of settlement between Spain and England in the American Revolution, agreed to.....
Lisbon: Mateo Pineiro, 1626. 23 leaves. Small quarto. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Manuscript foliations in upper outer corner of recto of each leaf. A bit of faint spotting. Very good. The first Spanish language edition, following by a few months the first edition (which was printed.....
Mexico. 1827. 77pp. Dbd. Near fine. The defense set forth by Capt. Luis Antepara against charges of treason brought against him by Gen. José Gregorio Arana. The charges stemmed from an attempted coup in the turbulent politics of post-Iturbide Mexico. OCLC locates two copies. Rare.
[Buenos Aires: Imprenta de los Expositos, July 14, 1820]. Broadside. 11 1/2 x 7 inches. Dbd. Trimmed close at top without loss of text, minor worming, more particularly towards lower foredge with loss of approximately four words. Very good. "Bando" or proclamation printing of this Argentine broadside which reiterates Dorrego's.....
[Buenos Aires. Feb. 11, 1820]. Broadside, 7 1/2 x 12 inches. Moderate edge wear. Old library stamp on recto and verso. Very good. A broadside proclamation regarding the Bando Oriental, recently annexed by Brazil during Buenos Aires' struggle for independence. Not on OCLC.
[Buenos Aires. March 30, 1815]. Broadsheet, 12 x 7 1/2 inches. Trimmed close, occasionally affecting text. Old library stamp on recto and verso. Overall quite clean. Very good. A lengthy broadsheet description of the activities of Banda Oriental liberator Don José Artigas, and the tenuous hold of the independence fighters.....
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[Buenos Aires. Jan. 16, 1812]. Broadside, 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Small piece lacking from left corner of lower blank margin. Old library stamp on recto and verso. Minor dust soiling. Small repair in upper left corner, slightly affecting text. Very good. A broadside decree by the royal government.....
[Buenos Aires. 1805]. 34pp. Folio. Dbd. Some tanning and dust soiling, scattered light foxing. Very good. An early Buenos Aires imprint that conveys several royal decrees of the King of Spain, Charles IV. These decrees were originally issued in September, 1804; they govern the sale of religious works in the.....
![HABITANTES DE LA PROVINCIAS UNIDAS [caption title]. Argentina](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM5649.jpg?v=1504715515)
Buenos Aires. 1814. Folio broadsheet, 12 x 7 1/2 inches. Red crayon numerical inscription in upper margin. Some chipping at edges not affecting text, foxed. Good. An early piece of Buenos Aires printing. In 1814 troops from Argentina, attempting to unite Uruguay and Rio Plata with Argentina, invaded and seized.....
[Buenos Aires]: Imprenta Argentina, 1826. 12pp. Small quarto. 20th-century three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt. Edges and spine lightly worn, upper outer joint moderately worn. Contemporary number inscription in top margin of first page of text. Lower right corners of first two leaves chipped. Moderate age- toning and foxing.....
Buenos Aires: Imprenta de la Independencia, 1817. 11pp., with vignette on titlepage and official coat of arms on first page of text. Quarto. Half calf and marbled boards, neatly rebacked. Two-page note regarding this publication by previous owner dated Dec. 3, 1966 on front free endpaper and front fly leaf.....
Buenos Aires. 1810. 3; 3pp. Small quarto. Modern calf, gilt. Each leaf neatly remargined on all sides but gutter with laid paper. Minor soiling. Very good. Two early Buenos Aires imprints, bound together in handsome calf, relating to the revolution in 1810 which was one of the first steps toward.....
Buenos Aires. 1826. 4pp., printed on recto and verso of single folded sheet. Very good. Jose Mariano Serrano was apparently accused of publishing a dubious political tract called EL MOSQUETERO. In a letter to a friend, printed herein by his supporters, Serrano passionately defends his name. He claims that he.....
[Buenos Aires. June 21, 1811]. [3]pp. Dbd. Leaves nearly detached. Moderate soiling in upper margin of recto of first leaf. Old institutional stamp on recto of first leaf and on verso of last leaf. Good. An official printing of thirteen regulations governing the submission of petitions to the government for.....
[Np]. 1914. Printed broadside, 56.5 x 37.5 cm. Minor chipping at extremities. A good copy. A supplementary poster to the daily, "LA GUERRA," with the latest available details on the war in Europe, and declaring the retreat of the Kaiser's army from the French border. An interesting South American perspective.....
Buenos Aires. May 5, 1823. 4pp. Folio. Minor wear to top edge. Very good plus. In this message to Congress, Rivadavia (Interior Secretary) and Garcia (Treasury Secretary) announce the recognition of Argentine independence by the United States and discuss relations with other South American countries. They also report to Congress.....
[Mexico City. Oct. 18, 1830]. Folio broadside, 8 x 12.5 inches. Slight edge wear, faint browning. Very good. An early printing of this important Mexican government decree, dividing the former state of Sonora y Sinaloa into separate states of Sonora and Sinaloa. At this point, the new state of Sonora.....
[San Felipe de Austin: Printed by G.B. Cotten, 1829]. Printed document, 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, completed in manuscript. Signed by Samuel M. Williams. Small tear along old fold, slightly affecting a few letters of printed text, else very good overall. In a half morocco and cloth box. A.....
Buenos Aires. June 8, 1816. Folio broadsheet. Tape on small portion of top and bottom edge. Minor wear. Very good. Published the day before the declaration of independence, this rare broadsheet warns the citizens of an impending invasion, detailing the shipment of arms from Portugal and the mustering of an.....
Barcelona. 1828. 234,[7]pp. plus five folding tables and plates. Small quarto. Contemporary marbled boards with linen spine, all edges yellow. Extremities lightly worn. Contemporary Cuban bookseller's ticket on front pastedown, contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Worming in gutter margin, heavy at times, not affecting text but loosening several leaves.....
