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1830236420Edinburgh: Printed for Constable and Co.; and Hurst Chance and Co. London 1830. First edition. Engraved title page. xxxv i 37-341 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Green cloth neatly rebacked label laid down else very good. First edition. Engraved title page. xxxv i 37-341 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Printed for Constable and Co.; and Hurst, Chance and Co., London unknown books
186742235Lima: Imprenta Liberal 1867. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy tear to front blank wrapper later silver cloth spine most likely extracted from a pamphlet binder owner's stamp on title. 35 pp. 12mo. Juan Antonio Pezet 1809-1879 was President of Peru during the Spanish-Peruvian -Chilean war over the Chincha Islands which contained vast deposits of Guano. He was forced to flee to Europe when his treaty with the Spanish was found wanting. Provenance: Francisco Pérez de Velasco his stamp former Peruvian Consul to New York a dealer who sold to Hiram Bingham an "unprecedented cache of. very early colonial Peruvian. documents and whose remaining collection on Peru was in "Cátalogo de la Biblioteca Peruana Propiedad de Dn. Francisco Perez de Velasco" Lima 1918. Scarce. OCLC reports only microfiche copies but it is part of the Yale series of Latin American pamphlets and BN Peru also has a copy. Imprenta Liberal hardcover books
1837WRCAM16353Cuzco 1837. Broadside 25 x 20.2 cm. A very good clean copy. An announcement addressed to the Peruvian National Guard from Col. Anselmo Centeno. A patriotic call to arms and pep talk: "Soldiers of the Confederate Army commanded by his excellency the Pacificator are charged with the noble mission of venging the 'ultraje' and displaying an example of the respectability of three powerful nations." unknown books
1845WRCAM41139Lima 1845. 115pp. Folio. Printed self-wrappers. Very light foxing on endpapers else very good. A brief history of events in Peru from 1843 to 1845 by Castilla who served as the Peruvian President four times. unknown books
1837WRCAM16357Cuzco 1837. Broadside 24.8 x 20.2 cm. A very good clean copy. A patriotic announcement from Col. Anselmo Centeno to the Cuzquenos regarding the potential battles with Chileans who "have trespassed on our territory which is as sacred as our independence.There is nothing to fear when the townspeople defend their villages. We expect a triumph and we give thanks to our omnipotent God." unknown books
1879236621Madrid: M. Tello 1879. xliv 328 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full brown morocco a.e.g. wrappers bound in rubbing at joints but sound. xliv 328 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. M. Tello unknown books
1833236575Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart-Chestnut St. A. Waldie Printer 1833. First American edition. There were 2 editions in 1833 the second printed in Providence. Frontispieces and illustrations in text. xii 13-240; viii 9-259pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Later green cloth call letters on spine. Fine uncut. First American edition. There were 2 editions in 1833 the second printed in Providence. Frontispieces and illustrations in text. xii 13-240; viii 9-259pp. 2 vols. 8vo. The author was the Secretary of the Potosi Mining Association at Potosi. He left London in September 1825 to take up his post in Peru. Sabin 94660; American Imprints 21468 E.L. Carey & A. Hart-Chestnut St. A. Waldie, Printer unknown books
1847WRCAM41208Lima 1847. 371pp. Removed from a bound volume. Last page is foxing lightly. Text is bright and clean. Signatures of the two authors on the second to last page. Very good. San Roman was the President of the Council of State from 1845 until 1849. This document is a list of acts and resolutions made by the council. San Roman went on to become the President of Peru in 1862. This copy is signed in ink by both San Roman and his Secretary Flores on the second to last page. unknown books
1853236625Cuzco: Imprenta Libre por Gregorio Arriaga 1853. 48 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Wrappers. 48 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Imprenta Libre por Gregorio Arriaga unknown books
1850WRCAM46110Peru 1850. Graphite and pastel on brown paper captioned on verso. Sheet size: 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. Small chips to two corners else very good. A scene in one of the Andean passes of Peru showing the town of Churin a swiftly flowing river and two travellers on horseback. unknown books
1825WRCAM32352Cuzco: Imprenta del Gobierno 1825. 4pp. Quarto. Self-wrappers. Moderate creasing. Minor spotting heavier on verso of last leaf. Good. Number 35 of this scarce Peruvian newspaper from the earliest period of Peru's independence. The present issue includes Simón BolÃÂvar's plans to establish a public education system and several hospitals in Lima Lampa Azangaro and Juli. Also included is commentary on a recently established London mining concern with interest in the rich mining districts of Peru. Quite rare. Charno locates only one copy of this issue at Yale University. CHARNO p.523. Imprenta del Gobierno unknown books
1827WRCAM32350Cuzco: Thomas Gonzalez Aragon 1827. 4pp. Folio. Self-wrappers. Old stab holes in left margin upper outer corner gnawed without loss moderate creasing. Good. Number 110 of the third volume of this government-sanctioned Peruvian newspaper normally found under the title EL SOL DE CUZCO. but published under the present title from Nov. 4 1826 to March 21 1827. The serial was published from 1825 to 1829. The majority of the text describes the government regulations under which the publication operates with a comment on the state of education at the end. Charno locates only two copies of this issue in American institutions at Yale University and the American Antiquarian Society. CHARNO p.523. Thomas Gonzalez Aragon unknown books
1836WRCAM51536Arequipa: Pedro Benavides 1836. Broadside 12 x 8 1/2 inches. Two minor chips and light soiling but generally very good. A number of decrees by Andrès de Santa Cruz printed for circulation in 1836 including an order to remunerate his army after his campaigns to subjugate Peru. Santa Cruz president and dictator of Bolivia from 1829 to 1839 and army general in several South American countries succeeded in uniting Peru and Bolivia in 1837. Very scarce with only one copy recorded by OCLC. OCLC 54307648. Pedro Benavides unknown books
1835WRCAM51537La Paz 1835. Broadside 10 1/4 x 8 inches. Tanned. Right edge slightly chipped a few small holes along a fold line. About very good. An 1835 address by Andrès de Santa Cruz South American revolutionary leader and president of Bolivia from 1829 to 1839 to the people of Peru informing them of the imminent arrival of his army and claiming to be the savior of Peruvian sovereignty and dignity. Santa Cruz waged several campaigns to subjugate Peru and to unite it with Bolivia in the 1830s and finally did so in 1837. Extremely rare with only one copy noted by OCLC. OCLC 80688837. unknown books
1875617011875. Preferred Edition of Peru's First Commercial Code Peru. Commercial Law. Codigo de Comercio de la Republica del Peru. Lima: Imprenta del Estado 1875. 231 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 5". Contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities some toning to text internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine bookplate to front pastedown small inkstamp to title page. $350. Second and final edition. Peru's first commercial code was adopted in 1852 and put into force and issued in print in 1853. Clagett says the first edition is riddled with errors and cites the 1875 printing as the preferred edition. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries Harvard LA County Library of Congress UC-Berkeley University of Michigan. Clagett A Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Peru 41. unknown books
1836WRCAM16365Puno 1836. Broadside 26 1/2 x 21 cm. Two unobtrusive binding holes else very good. A scarce Bolivian imprint issued by the great revolutionary leader Santa Cruz calling on citizens to continue the struggle for liberty: ".we shall defeat the rebels and posterity will respect the history of the Pacificators of Peru." unknown books
1863236424Paris: Libreria de Firmin Didot Hermanos Hijos y Ca 1863. Frontispiece in Volume One. xxv 745 3; 473 3 pp. 2 vols. Modern brown cloth worming at last 4 leaves of vol. II. Frontispiece in Volume One. xxv 745 3; 473 3 pp. 2 vols. Libreria de Firmin Didot Hermanos, Hijos y Ca unknown books
1847214253New York: Harper and Brothers 1847. First edition. Engraved portrait frontispieces facsimile map. 2 vols. 8vo. Original publishers' blind-stamped brown cloth. Covers slightly faded and rubbed remnants of library labels removed from spines darkening to endpapers occasional light spotting to text. Ex-library with bookplate and one other from private owner on front pastedowns. First edition. Engraved portrait frontispieces facsimile map. 2 vols. 8vo. The classic work on the subject going through scores of editions Prescott's "Peru" was one of the standard household books for the later part of the Nineteenth century. Though included in the Grolier Club exhibition of One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature it was not included in their catalogue of One Hundred American Books . simply because "Prescott's Conquest of Mexico . came first and set a new American standard for the use of source materials." This standard he maintained in his History of the Conquest of Peru. Sabin 65272; BAL 16346 Harper and Brothers unknown books
1822WRCAM46472Lima: S. Jasinto 1822. 223pp. Small quarto. Dbd. Light dampstaining. Good plus. Pamphlet first published in Caracas in 1812 after Venezuela first declared independence in 1811; Peru declared independence in 1821. This work decries the abuses of power by the Spanish monarchy. Nirgua is a town in Venezuela. Only two copies located in OCLC at Yale and the John Carter Brown Library. MEDINA LIMA 3649. S. Jasinto unknown books
1845WRCAM41138Lima 1845. 233pp. Folio. Dbd. Minor foxing to titlepage and last page else quite clean. Very good. Benito Laso's refutation of accusations leveled against him in an earlier publication by Manuel Menendez. Two copies on OCLC at the National Library of Chile and at Duke University. OCLC 55277222 23170736. unknown books
1843WRCAM41042Lima 1843. 4pp. Folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Later manuscript notations at foot of first and last leaf. Light soiling and foxing heavier on final page. Good. Pamphlet encouraging subscription to the Confraternidad de Nuestra Senora de la Misericordia a charitable fraternal organization. No copies in OCLC though the National Library of Chile does have a similar item dated ca.1810. unknown books
1830WRCAM51823Lima: Imprenta del Estado por J. Gonzalez 1830. 36pp. Dbd. Corners worn a few small chips. Tanned with an occasional fox mark. Very good. A Peruvian government imprint warning its prefects and tax collectors in the province of Ayacucho about their behavior. The taxmen in a remote province of a newly independent Peru apparently did not always conduct themselves according to their instructions. Not in OCLC. Imprenta del Estado por J. Gonzalez unknown books
1833WRCAM20981Valparaiso: Imprenta del Mercurio 1833. 47pp. 16mo. Later 19th-century Spanish marbled sheep spine with raised bands leather labels. Unobtrusive private library stamp on front free endpaper. A very good copy. A defense of Peruvian patriotism and of Peru's policies toward Chile and Bolivia. The unnamed author confronts the issue of Peruvian hatred of foreigners and resulting aggression towards Chile and Bolivia. At the time the three nations were in a near constant state of revolutionary turmoil characterized by rebel factions and intermittent power struggles. This work is critical of the leadership of Agustin Gamarra whose term as president was drawing to a close in 1833. A rare and early Valparaiso imprint. Not in Palau nor the NUC. Imprenta del Mercurio hardcover books
1829WRCAM41112Lima 1829. 215pp. Folio. Dbd. Titlepage bright and clean. Light and even tanning to text. Very good. Message from the Constituent Congress of Peru in the early days of the Republic of Peru. Only two copies on OCLC at Duke and Harvard. OCLC 25665912. unknown books
190534084Lima: Imprenta del estado 1905. First editions. Cloth. Very good copies boards and spines rubbed occasional wear some spotting or scuffing to a few boards. 8vo. Ultimately fourteen volumes would be published. Provenance: Note in first volume that it is the copy of Domingo Edwards Matte 1890-1964 Chilean book collector; earlier owner was A. Arroyo with his name in gilt on spine and is most likely the Argentinian diplomat Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Peru Don Agustin Arroyo. Palau 14957. Imprenta del estado hardcover books