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1807WRCAM35048Bath: William Meyler 1807. 238pp. plus one engraved plan. Modern half roan and boards spine gilt. Occasional minor foxing; minor titlepage repair with no loss of text. A very good copy with engraved bookplate of P. Francis K.C.B on front pastedown. An anonymous straight-forward account of the British attack on Buenos Aires in 1807 written "without any flourishing or prolix declamation on the calamities of war the effects of courage or the pursuit of wealth and fame." The unidentified author includes extensive details on the final engagements leading to the defeat of the British troops under Lieut. Gen. John Whitelocke by the Spanish citizen army of Creoles and peasants under the command of Santiago de Liniers. The plan and accompanying printed explanation of the plate assist in visualizing the narrative of the battle described in the text. Forced to withdraw from Buenos Aires after this defeat Whitelocke was court- martialed and cashiered. An intriguing record of the British engagement in Buenos Aires with an unusual Bath imprint for such a work. OCLC records only five copies. SABIN 51805. ALBERICH 1247. William Meyler hardcover books
1807WRCAM35048ABath: William Meyler 1807. 238pp. Lacks engraved plan. Modern red cloth spine gilt. Minor foxing to titlepage else quite clean. Very good. An anonymous straight-forward account of the British attack on Buenos Aires in 1807 written "without any flourishing or prolix declamation on the calamities of war the effects of courage or the pursuit of wealth and fame." The unidentified author includes extensive details on the final engagements leading to the defeat of the British troops under Lieut. Gen. John Whitelocke by the Spanish citizen army of Creoles and peasants under the command of Santiago de Liniers. Forced to withdraw from Buenos Aires after this defeat Whitelocke was court-martialed and cashiered. An intriguing record of the British engagement in Buenos Aires with an unusual Bath imprint for such a work. OCLC records only five copies. SABIN 51805. ALBERICH 1247. William Meyler hardcover books
1808314806London: the author 1808. First edition. Engraved folding map and 3 folding plates. viii 216 pp with errata mounted at leaf at end. 8vo. Antiqued calf. Title and following leaf soiled and neatly repaired maps trimmed or with edgewear rear hinge separated at second work wrappers of second work chipped. First edition. Engraved folding map and 3 folding plates. viii 216 pp with errata mounted at leaf at end. 8vo. Sabin 103672; Palau 375051. Bound with: Paz José C. Estudios sobre Instituciones Libres. Buenos Aires: La Prensa 1876 the author unknown books
1808WRCAM41553London 1808. viii2161pp. plus four folding maps. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Minor offsetting and foxing on titlepage and other leaves facing maps. Old library stamps on first two leaves; contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Errata slip pasted to verso of titlepage. Very good. Untrimmed. In 1807 Gen. John Whitelocke was sent to the Rio de la Plata with a large force. His goal was to reinforce British troops already operating there and in Argentina and to seize Buenos Aires a move designed to open up the markets of South America to British commerce and replace those lost on the Continent by Napoleon's blockade. Despite his large force Whitelocke proceeded cautiously and ineptly further hampered by bad weather. The assault on Buenos Aires was met by civilian as well as military resistance when the British had expected local merchants to welcome them with open arms. Craufurd commanded a light brigade which led the attack on Buenos Aires and successfully achieved its objectives. However a large part of the attacking force was cut off and forced to surrender while Whitelocke napped in his tent and Craufurd's brigade was ordered to surrender with the rest of the British force. Santiago Liniers the Spanish commander proposed a truce if the British would promise to withdraw in two months but said he could not answer for the safety of the prisoners if the attack was renewed. Feeling that the object of the expedition was now untenable Whitelocke accepted those terms. The British withdrew to Montevideo and then to England losing what might have been a foothold in South America. Whitelocke was the subject of the greatest scorn on returning to England where he was court-martialed and cashiered. Though this work is sometimes attributed to Gen. Whitelocke the accusatory and wounded tone of the narrative makes that unlikely. SABIN 103672. PALAU 375051. HALKETT & LAING 1 p.164. DNB online. hardcover books
1820WRCAM30224Buenos Aires: Imprenta de los Expositos 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 demand that those citizens of Buenos Aires not already affiliated with a military company participate in the defense of the city by reporting to one of a variety of established checkpoints. The present broadside was written while Dorrego was serving as provisional governor of the city during which his administration was constantly harassed by the unitarian opposition of Bernardino Rivadavia. OCLC 14879205. Imprenta de los Expositos unknown books
1820WRCAM33027Buenos Aires 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. unknown books
1852217621London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1852. Second edition enlarged with a new map and illustrations. Lacking the engraved portrait frontispiece of Sebastian Cabot. With 5 lithograph plates one tinted p. 97; folding map colored in outline mended several drawings in text. xlii 434 pp. 32 pp. of publisher's ads at rear. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter brown morocco. Brazilian bookseller ticket at back. Lacking frontispiece as noted. Some rubbing to binding browning to text block. Second edition enlarged with a new map and illustrations. Lacking the engraved portrait frontispiece of Sebastian Cabot. With 5 lithograph plates one tinted p. 97; folding map colored in outline mended several drawings in text. xlii 434 pp. 32 pp. of publisher's ads at rear. 1 vols. 8vo. Sabin 58613 John Murray, Albemarle Street unknown books
1808WRCAM35054Dublin: Printed by R. Smith and published by W. Figgis 1808. 109pp. 20th-century three-quarter morocco and cloth spine gilt. Shelf mark plate of Markree Library on front pastedown signature of E.S. Cooper on titlepage. A very good copy. An anonymous account by a field officer relating the unsuccessful British attempt under Lieut. Gen. Whitelocke to recapture Buenos Aires in 1807. The articles of the treaty ceasing hostilities between the Spanish and the British signed on July 7 1807 are included. Following this narrative the author provides a "brief description of the country and a short account of such circumstances as came under our observation in those parts we passed through." OCLC records only three copies. NAYLOR 26. ALBERICH 1210. Printed by R. Smith and published by W. Figgis hardcover books
1815WRCAM32987Buenos Aires 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 over the province of Buenos Aires. Such Argentine imprints are extremely rare. Not in OCLC. unknown books
1873589331873. 3 titles all rare; the last with 5 plates. 3 titles all rare; the last with 5 plates. Three Rare Argentinean Items Argentina. Codigo Penal de la Provincia de Corrientes. Buenos Aires: Imprenta de Pablo E. Coni 1878. 110 pp. Bound with Llerena Juan. La Provincia de Buenos Aires y su Nueva Capital. Buenos Aires: Establecimiento Tipografico 1881. 54 pp. And Stegmann Carlos. Construccion y Disposicion Interior de las Escuelas Publicas en Relacion con la Higiene. Buenos Aires: Imprenta de Pablo E. Coni 1878. 24 pp. Five plates two folding. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Later cloth gilt titles to spine. Light shelfwear some toning to text final three leaves of Construccion detached internally clean. $950. Only editions located. The first item is the penal code for Corrientes one of the provinces of Argentina. The second title which is not legal in nature is an essay defending the establishment of Buenos Aires as the national capital in 1880. Illustrated with plates depicting classrooms and school furniture the final title is a book of regulations governing the construction of schools and the furnishing of classrooms. All of these titles are rare. OCLC locates 1 copy each of Corrientes and Provincia both in Germany no copies of Construccion. See Borchard Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Argentina Brazil and Chile 115-116. unknown books
1870644001870. Cordoba 1870-1888-1889. 4 vols. Cordoba 1870-1888-1889. 4 vols. Laws of the Argentinean Province of Cordoba 1810-1876 Argentina. Cordoba. Compilacion de Leyes Decretos Acuerdos de la Excma. Camara de Justicia y Demas Disposiciones de Caracter Publico Dictadas en la Provincia de Cordoba. Volume I: Cordoba: Imprenta del Estado 1870; Volumes II-IV: Cordoba: Talleres Tip. De "El Interior" 1888 1889. First 4 volumes of an 82-volume series. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto 10-1/4" x 7-1/2". Softbound volumes bound into recent cloth printed paper title labels to spines. Light browning to text light soiling to title pages internally clean. Ex-library. Stamps and penciled annotations to title pages. $350. Volume I: first edition; other volumes second edition. Eventually filling 82 volumes by 1939 this is an annotated compilation of laws of the Argentinean Province of Cordoba the province in the geographical center of the country. The four volumes offered here cover the establishment of the state during the Argentinean war of Independence to the mid-1870s. OCLC locates 3 copies in North America none complete UT-Austin Harvard Law School University of Michigan Law School. unknown books
1883703851883. Buenos Aires 1883-1884. 6 items. Buenos Aires 1883-1884. 6 items. Archive Relating to an 1883-1884 Railway Case in Argentina Manuscript Archive. Argentina. Trial. Legal Documents Relating to a Railway Right-of-Way Case. Buenos Aires 1883-1884. 6 items: 4 notebooks in stiff wrappers 13" x 9" app. 100 pp. in all 2 folding maps bound into a folder 15-3/4" x 28" 12-1/2" x 21-1/2." Moderate edgewear and soiling light toning to text a few minor tears along fold lines of maps library stamps. $450. Written in English these documents relate to a right-of-way case brought against the British-owned Buenos Aires & Ensenada Port Railway by a group of affected property owners. The notebooks are marked A B C D. The front cover of Notebook A has a title reading: "MS Documents relative to the Case of Messrs Torres Martinez Triarte Doyhenard & Others against The Ensenada Railway Comp. 1883. Buenos Aires." The maps are bound into a folder with a title reading: "Planos de la Ensenada. unknown books
1822WRCAM36917Buenos Aires: Imprenta de los Expósitos 1822. 5397pp. Nos. 1-23 plus supplement to No. 22 paged continuously. Quarto. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards spine gilt. Outer joints and corners worn. A few pencil annotations. Occasional minor foxing. A very good copy. An extremely rare copy of the complete first volume of the most important Argentinean periodical of the early independence period. Edited by Florencio Varela Juan Cruz Varela and Ignacio Núñez the issues include news miscellaneous notices and short literary pieces in verse and in prose. CENTINELA was published weekly and then biweekly in 1822 and 1823. The two years of the periodical consist of seventy-two numbers and three supplements. This first volume is complete with twenty-three numbers and one supplement. Extremely rare. OCLC records four copies at New York Public the John Carter Brown Library the British Library and the Ibero- Amerikanisches Institute in Germany. PALAU 51467. OCLC 50151967. Imprenta de los Expósitos hardcover books
1812WRCAM32984Buenos Aires 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 of Buenos Aires regarding the control and licensing of military arms designed to expose recondite caches of weapons. The decree came in the midst of a nine-month power struggle for control of Buenos Aires one that was lost by the government that issued the present broadside. Such Argentine imprints are extremely rare. Not on OCLC. unknown books
1805WRCAM51822Buenos 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 Spanish colonies and give instructions for compliance. A rare piece of South American printing not in OCLC. Medina claims to have owned a copy. MEDINA RIO DE LA PLATA 285. unknown books
181537088Buenos Ayres: Imprenta de Niños Expòsitos 1815. First edition. About very good with chipped edges barely touching first letter of text on a few lines leaf browned. Broadside. 4to. The Cabildo retook control as stated in this document which Zinny dates to 16 April 1815. On the prior day Carlos MarÃa de Alvear who'd been appointed to replace his uncle Posadas as Supreme Director on January 9 1815 at the age of 25 resigned under pressure due to a mutiny among his troops. Alvear never had much support from the countryside nor from his troops his negotations with Artigas failed and his eventual attempt at seeking British intervention led to his exile. Thus the Cabildo "por la disolucion absoluta de las autoridades que la ejercian ha vendio en declarario asi reasumiendo provisoriamente por la premura de las circunstancias la Autoridad Soberana del Peublo con la extension de la facultades que le son propias y con la calidad de nombrar immediatamente un Gobierno Provisorio." Signed José Manuel Godoy in type. Rare. OCLC shows copies at BN Chile and JCB. Furlong IV 3170a. Zinny: BibliografÃa histórica p. 129 No. 19. Fors: p.55-6. [Imprenta de Niños Expòsitos] unknown books
1855WRCAM41253Buenos Aires: R. Kratzenstein 1855. Lithographs on average 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches on slips of blue or white paper likely clipped from the top of pictorial letter sheets. Light edge wear. Very good. Matted. An attractive group of lithographic vignettes of scenes in and around Buenos Aires. These images were published by Rodolfo Kratzenstein who was one of the leading lithographers in Buenos Aires from the mid- 1850s and are likely from pictorial letter sheets issued by his firm in that period. One illustration shows a long stretch of the cityscape of Buenos Aires from the harbor and several ships are shown in the choppy waters of the port. Other images show the "Casa de Justicia" the courts and the "Palermo" neighborhood. Two other images one of them here in two examples show scenes in the countryside outside Buenos Aires both of them depicting men on horseback dealing with wagons in difficult terrain. Pictorial letter sheets from Argentina are uncommon and these are attractive images. R. Kratzenstein unknown books
185522646Buenos Aires: R. Kratzenstein 1855. Lithographs measuring on average 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches on slips of blue or white paper likely clipped from the top of pictorial letter sheets. Light edge wear. Very good. Matted. An attractive group of lithographic vignettes of scenes in and around Buenos Aires.<br/> <br/>These images were published by Rodolfo Kratzenstein who was one of the leading lithographers in Buenos Aires from the mid-1850s and are probably from pictorial letter sheets issued by his firm in that period. One illustration shows a long stretch of the cityscape of Buenos Aires from the harbour and several ships are shown in the choppy waters of the port. Other images show the "Casa de Justicia" the courts and the "Palermo"neighborhood. Two other images one of them here in two examples show scenes in the countryside outside Buenos Aires both of them depicting men on horseback dealing with wagons in difficult terrain. Pictorial letter sheets from Argentina are uncommon and these are attractive images. R. Kratzenstein unknown books
1814WRCAM5649Buenos 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. This broadside announces a suspension of hostilities and mediation. The broadsheet is dated at Buenos Aires on May 1 1814 and is signed by Gervasio Antonio de Posadas. unknown books
1826WRCAM37321Buenos 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 good copy. An extremely rare tract concerning the development of the Argentine constitution in the early republican period of that nation. In April 1819 a constitution was approved establishing a congress with two legislative branches and an elected chief executive. Due to the local political situation however that constitution was not fully enacted. A new constitution promoting a centralized system of government was eventually drafted in 1826. This manifesto of the government's constitutional commission presented to the Argentine representatives reviews various aspects of the 1819 Constitution and proposes changes to be effected in the new document. <br> <br> An extremely rare publication concerned with the early constitutional period in Argentina. OCLC locates only a single copy in the national Library of Chile. PALAU 148972. OCLC 55255075. Imprenta Argentina hardcover books
1817WRCAM37245Buenos 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. Contemporary ownership inscription on first page of text partially over coat of arms. Scattered foxing. A very good copy. A scarce manifesto issued by the Congress of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata during the latter part of the independence period in the region. The work serves as a justification for pursuing independence from Spain with much detail regarding injurious Spanish policies in the region. Dated October 25 1817 and signed in print at the end by Dr. Pedro Ignacio de Castro y Barros Palau notes the text was actually written by Dr. Pedro Medrano. A reply to this independence manifesto written by "un Americano del Sud" was published the following year by the Imprenta Real. OCLC 14930003 55265288. PALAU 148893. ZINNY 1817:24. Imprenta de la Independencia hardcover books
1823WRCAM46583Buenos Aires 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 on the condition of internal security and defense the treasury taxes debt medical sciences etc. Rivadavia later served as the first president of the Provinces of Rio de la Plata from 1826-27. Rare with one copy in OCLC at the British Library. unknown books
1847WRCAM46587Buenos Aires 1847. 89pp. Plain paper wrappers stitched as issued. Minor soiling and wear. Very good plus. Message given to the Argentine legislature by the executive branch; it is signed in type at the end by Juan M. de Rosas Felipe Rana and Manuel Insiarte. De Rosas served as dictator and ruler of Argentina from 1835-1852 during the tumultuous years of civil war following independence. Only one copy in OCLC at the National Library of Chile. unknown books
187751035Mercedes Argentina: Imprenta de la Aspiracion 1877. First edition. 8vo. 80 1 pp. Pamphlet with new paper spine. Upper edge unevenly trimmed. Title page is reinforced on the blank verso with paper as is the rear wrapper with soiling to the title page. Modest chipping at the edges of a few leaves of the text with no loss more so to the blank rear wrapper. The 3 full-page albumen photographs have a narrow tonal range as would be expected and each has a blank tissue guard. A good copy. The 3 photographic plates by P. Annaratone illustrate 23 stone tools from the Neolithic period found in the Eastern Band a territory located east of the Uruguay River and north of the RÃÂo de la Plata on the Atlantic coast of South America. Roberto Ferrari an authority on Argentine books illustrated with original photographs cites this pamphlet as a primary example possibly the first indigenous Argentine work to be illustrated with mounted photographs Ferrari clearly states that this work was published in Mercedes in the state of Buenos Aires 100 kilometers west of the city of Buenos Aires and not to be confused with the city of Mercedes in what is now Uruguay. OCLC locates only 2 copies both at the British Library. <br/><br/> Imprenta de la Aspiracion unknown books
181237076Buenos Ayres: Niños Expósitos 1812. First edition. I leaf. Edges chipped browned one corner marginally darkened still a good copy. 2 pp. 4to. Dated at the end: Sala Capitular de Buenos-Ayres diciembre 10 de 1812. Dated at end of contestation: Buenos-Ayres diciembre 19 de 1812. Concerns the procedures to be followed in the next election. Rare. OCLC shows two copies: JCB and BN Chile. ABPC shows none at auction in the last 50 years. Furlong IV 2712. Zinny BibliografÃa histórica p.83: No. 37. Fors: Imprenta de los Niños p. 45. [Niños Expósitos] unknown books