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1820234923London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co. Bride-Court Bridge-Street 1820. Second English edition. iv 116 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later wrappers. Fine. Second English edition. iv 116 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brackenridge was sent in 1817-1818 by the United States Commission to investigate the Spanish province of South America. In 1819 he published his Voyage to South America 1820 in two volumes. This English edition consists of extracts from that work. Sabin 7180 Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co. Bride-Court, Bridge-Street unknown books
1819WRCAM35352London: Printed for Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1819. viii3-358pp. plus folding engraved map. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards spine and covers gilt. York Subscription Library stamp on verso of titlepage and p.114. A very good copy. C.A. Rodney and John Graham were commissioners sent to Buenos Aires by the United States government to investigate the political situation and potential resources of the Rio de la Plata region. This publication includes Rodney and Graham's reports submitted to Secretary of State John Q. Adams related documents and additional notes. The reports are mainly concerned with the state of political affairs military defenses and possible commercial interests. The additional documents presented in a series of appendices include a historical review of the revolutions and translations of numerous documents relevant to the independence and early constitutional periods in the region. The finely engraved and handcolored map is of South America. SABIN 72494. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy hardcover books
1811WRCAM32981Buenos Aires 1811. 3pp. 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 monetary redress. Given unstable political conditions and the paucity of materials necessary for printing such Argentine imprints are extremely rare. OCLC locates only two copies. OCLC 14769848. unknown books
1823WRCAM36918Buenos Aires: Imprenta de la Independencia 1823. 208193-20031pp. Nos. 1-12. Nos. 1-10 paged continuously pages of No. 11 misnumbered pages of No. 12 numbered correctly 1-31 for second year of publication. The first eleven numbers were issued monthly February through December 1822; the twelfth issue was published March 1823. Contemporary diced sheep black leather label stamped in gilt. Outer joints and spine worn. Minor foxing and dampstaining. Very good. The extremely rare initial twelve issues of the first statistical register for the province of Buenos Aires. The publication was created by government decree on December 13 1821 reprinted here in the first issue published on February 15 1822. The REGISTRO ESTADISTICO. was charged with publishing statistics documenting conditions throughout the province with additional causes notes and observations. The issues are a fascinating compilation of facts and figures regarding all aspects of life in Buenos Aires in the early period of independence. On a regular basis data concerning geography meteorology the movement of populations and hospitals were recorded. Other areas documented in these issues include commerce means of production and education including courses taught at the university. <br> <br> An extremely rare government publication documenting the political economy of Buenos Aires in the early 1820s. OCLC lists nine locations for the register but only Cornell for the earliest issues. SABIN 68831. PALAU 253761. Imprenta de la Independencia hardcover books
1826WRCAM16367Buenos 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 was the first to opt for Bolivia's independence. Also includes a letter addressed to Serrano from Gen. Alvarez de Arenales. unknown books
1810WRCAM46563Buenos Aires 1810. 3; 3pp. Small quarto. Handsome modern calf gilt. Each leaf neatly remargined on three sides with laid paper. Minor soiling. Very good. Two early Buenos Aires imprints relating to the revolution in 1810 which was one of the first steps toward Argentine independence. Rare. MEDINA RIO DE LE PLATA 764 779. unknown books
181037069Buenos Aires: En la Real Imprenta de Niños Expósitos 1810. First edition. Modern quarter maroon calf over marbled boards. A very good copy boards rubbed owner's bookplate on front pastedown leaves mounted to stubs a few small worm holes mostly marginal affecting only one letter of text. 3 pp. 8vo. A call for justice prudence and respect for the law with a warning. "No olvideis que teneis casi á la vista un vecino que asecha vuestra libertad y que no perderá ninguna ocasion en medio del menor desórden. Tened por cierto que no podreis por ahora subsistir sin la union con las provincias interiores del reino y que vuestras deliberaciones serán frustradas si no nacen de la ley ó del consentimiento general de todos aquellos pueblos. Asà pues meditad bien sobre vuestra situacion actual no sea que el remedio para precaver los males que temeis acelere vuestra destruccion." Medina dates the item as 28 de mayo de 1810 according to a handwritten note on the copy at the BN Chile. Scarce. OCLC shows only two copies: JCB and Berkeley. One at BN Chile. Furlong III: 1952. Zinny: BibliografÃa histórica p.39: No. 5. Medina: Vireinato RÃo de la Plata 774. Fors: Imprenta de los Niños p. 36. En la Real Imprenta de Niños Expósitos hardcover 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
