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1845583371845. Bogota 1845. First edition. Bogota 1845. First edition. The "Celebrated" First Digest of the Laws of Colombia Colombia. Pombo Lino de 1797-1862 Editor. Recopilacion de Leyes de la Nueva Granada Formada I Publicada en Cumplimiento de la Lei de 4 de Mayo de 1843 I por Comision del Poder Ejecutivo por Lino de Pombo Miembro del Senado. Contiene Toda la Lejislacion Nacional Vijente Hasta el Ano de 1844 Inclusive. Bogota: Imprenta de Zoilo Salazar Por Valentin Martinez Febrero 1845. iv xxvi 541 pp. Text in parallel columns. Folio 12" x 8". Contemporary calf gilt fillets to boards lettering piece and gilt ornaments to spine ribbon markers marbled endpapers. Some rubbing with wear to spine ends and corners. Large woodcut arms of Colombia to title page internally fresh. $1850. This is the first digest of Colombia's laws since the nation became independent in 1821. It also includes the texts of treaties with England the United States France and the Netherlands with parallel translations. "By virtue of the laws of May 4 1843 and June 12 1844 the Congress of New Grenada Colombia specified the statutes then in force and ordered their compilation a task which was entrusted to senator Lino de Pomba. This celebrated collection popularly known as the Recopilacion Granadina contained the extant legislation from 1821 to 1844 inclusive arranged under appropriate headings and was a work of high merit for its time": Backus and Eder A Guide to the Laws of Colombia 125. unknown books
185343554Tacubaya 1853. First edition. Loose leaves disbound from a later made-up volume. Overall very good. 77 pp. on 43 leaves some folded. Folio. Beginning on June 1 1853 shortly after Santa Anna's return to Mexico as dictator and ending December 29 1853 just two weeks after he extended his rule indefinitely and had himself given the title of "most serene highness" these documents cover a period of three leaders in the Ministry of War and Navy: Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil Juan Suárez y Navarro and Lino J. Alcorta; all prominent santannistas. Eight are issued by Tornel the most federalist of Santa Anna's advisors who fell ill and died in September 1853; ten are issued by Juan Suárez y Navarro chief administrator of the Ministry of War -the first document noting "por enfermedad de su S. E. J. Suarez Navarro" on September 10th- who coveted the position as Minster of War and Navy but broke with Santa Anna just three weeks later when Lino J. Alcorta was appointed minister in his stead and who issued the remaining twenty- nine documents. Thirteen of the documents are printed; 34 are in manuscript either originals or perhaps manuscripts reproduced by an early form heliography. Similar documents were described by Dr. W. Michael Mathes in a 2004 auction catalogue as "an early form of holography i.e. heliography using a concentrated beam of sunlight to transfer text a process employed in Mexico during a brief period between 1850 and 1856 for short runs and to avoid printing delays and costs. Lithography was impractical for such short-run imprints as it was extraordinarily costly took weeks and presented difficulties in reproducing the writer’s hand." In a few instances the date on the manuscript documents differs from that of the later publication. The documents are primarily concerned with bringing professionalism and discipline to the army and the nation stemming desertions and bolstering the draft though exempting indigenous peoples punishing theft and corruption building fortifications and other public works increasing weaponry and creating militias. OCLC locates no copies of any of these individual documents though some of the printed items are held at Berkeley and except for the auction noted above we could find no listings catalogue holdings or auction records for items reproduced in a similar fashion to those included. Detailed listing upon request. unknown
