Madrid. 1912. vii,466pp. plus errata page. Quarto. Modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Corners rubbed. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Ownership signature on titlepage. Internally bright and clean. Very good. Compilation of writings regarding Florida and Louisiana edited by Inigo Abad y Lasierra, Benedictine monk and.....
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: Imprenta de Ignacio Cumplido, 1852. 31pp. plus folding map; 12pp. PROYECTOS: Original printed green wrappers. Wrappers slightly edgeworn, glue residue on spine. Text and map detached from wrappers and loosely laid in. Light soiling along lower margin of text throughout, very good overall. DICTAMEN: Original printed blue wrappers. Near.....
Madrid. 1769. [36],374,[28]pp. Folio. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine. 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.....
Madrid: En la Oficina de Antonio Fernandez, 1778. 196pp. Small quarto. Modern calf, ruled in gilt, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt leather labels. One raised band scraped of its leather, bookplate on front pastedown (see below). Faint contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Very good plus. A compilation of material.....
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.....
Havana. November 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.....
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.
Mexico: Pedro Balli, 1575. 268 [of 288]pp., also lacking initial [12]pp. of preliminaries and leaves I1, I8, and R1. Small quarto. 19th-century cloth with calf spine; spine gilt, boards stamped in blind. Light wear to spine, corners bumped. With the bookplate of noted bibliographer Henry R. Wagner. Leaf A1 with.....
![Item #WRCAM57189 1895 OBSEQUIO DE LA CASA. ARRUFANA GARRIDO, ORTIZ & CIA [cover title]. Argentina](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM57189.jpg?v=1643058815)
[Buenos Aires, Argentina: Arrufana Garrido, Ortiz & Cia.], 1895. [80]pp., including photographic illustrations and printed advertisements. Oblong 12mo. Original pebbled red cloth tooled in blind and gilt. Boards somewhat rubbed and worn, corners worn, rear hinge separated but binding still sturdy. Text moderately tanned and with a persistent stain in.....
[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 fore-edge 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.....
[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 and govern the sale of religious works in the.....
![Item #WRCAM5649 HABITANTES DE LA PROVINCIAS UNIDAS [caption title]. Argentina](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM5649.jpg?v=1593712121)
Buenos Aires. 1814. 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 Montevideo.....
[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. A......
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 December 3, 1966 on front free endpaper and front fly leaf.....
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.....
[N.p.]: 1914. Printed broadside, 22 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches. 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.....
![Item #WRCAM46583 MENSAGE DEL GOBIERNO A LA SALA DE REPRESENTANTES [caption title]. Argentina,...](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM46583.jpg?v=1654542790)
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. October 18, 1830]. 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 comprised.....
[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. Broadsheet, 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Tape on small portion of top and bottom edge. Minor wear. Very good. Published a month (almost to the day) before Argentina's declaration of independence, this rare broadsheet warns the citizens of an impending invasion, detailing the shipment.....
