He details the arms and armaments captured and records that in one engagement he not only obtained two fine bronze cannons, but also one of Bolívar's portable presses!

•  Posada, Bibliografía bogotana, II, 322. Very fine condition. (3118)

A mixed set in mixed bindings: all volumes except 11 are first editions, the exception being a 1966 reprint. Many original wrappers bound in. Volumes 1–10 in early quarter cloth, 11–42 in modern full cloth.

•  Griffin, Latin America: A guide to the historical literature, 2063; Palau 56442.   Bindings as above: Vols. 1–10 with abrasion/discoloration to spines, otherwise minor wear; moderate foxing, and some early annotations. Vols. 11–42, cloth bright; mostly clean internally, last 2 pages of last volume supplied in facsimile. Vol. 38 lacking fascicles 3, 4, 5, and 6.  (25828)

According to that notice, on 4 July 1812 the U.S. citizens resident in Santiago, Chile, celebrated U.S. Independence Day with flags and bunting and exuberance, and circulated among themselves a poem in “octava real” celebrating the day. The newspaper gave a transcription of the poem, Montt stating the obvious: that the distributed poem was also printed at the press of the Aurora, the only press in Chile. He further states that the number of copies was small, perhaps only ten or twelve.

The poem is one of the first things printed in Chile.  The first printing press arrived in Chile from the U.S. on 21 November 1811 with three U.S. pressmen: Samuel Burr Johnston, William H. Burbidgem, and Simon D. Garrison. The first fruits of the press appeared the next year, Medina listing (only) 20 items for 1812.

Searches of NUC, WorldCat, COPAC, Catálogo Colectivo del Patrimonio Bibliográfico, REBIUN. CCILA, and the OPACs of the national libraries of Chile and Spain fail to locate any copy whatsoever.

•  Montt, Bibliografia chilena, II, 12; Medina, Chile, 25.   Light foxing. Old folds. With a partial watermark of a cannon. Very good condition.  (32281)

In this work of canon law and Catholic Church customs and practices, Baquero studies the privilege that the Bull of the Holy Crusade granted the Spanish nation regarding oratories in private residences; it applied not only to Spain but to colonies as well.

The first of three, this edition was published by “un amigo del author.” The other editions appeared in 1781 AND 1861.

Only one U.S. library reports ownership of either the 1777 or 1781 edition. It should be noted that there is NO 1771 edition, despite Palau and online cataloguing; cataloguers have simply failed to look at the last page of the supposed 1771 edition to see that the colophon is dated 1777.

This offers one very pretty large initial and some modestly nice work with type ornaments.

•  Palau 23499 (giving wrong date of publication).   Contemporary limp vellum, a bit missing from back cover; evidence of ties, and binding with light dust-soiling. Lacking rear free endpaper. A clean, nice copy.  (29596)

the premiere of this one, as unknown as that one is famous, is stirring to visualize.

That Bello wrote this patriotic song is known, and even the first few lines were recorded for history, but beyond that the text is not recorded and is not found in his Obras completas or, apparently anywhere else.

In addition to the historic collaboration of Bello and Carreño, this fabulous document has the distinction of having been printed by Venezuela’s first press, that of Gallagher and Lamb, which only arrived in Caracas in October of 1808, and was almost certainly printed on 24 April, the day after the hymn was first sung!

This broadside seems to be completely unrecorded.  It was unknown to both Medina and Pedro Grases. Searches of NUC, WorldCat, and COPAC fail to find any copy at all, as is the case when searching the OPACs of the national libraries of Venezuela, Colombia, Spain, France, and England.

•  Not in Medina, Caracas; not in Grases, Historia de la imprenta en Venezuela; not in Villasana. As issued. Worming in foremargin, repaired. A very good copy. (19202)

Bearing signatures, among others, of Pedro Buitrago, Narciso Dulón, Eusebio Gutiérrez, M. de la Cruz Méndez, José M. Dalence, and Manuel Sagarnaga.

•  Very good condition. Two small tears at folds, not affecting text.

•  Not in Palau. Original yellow printed wrappers, removed from a nonce volume with stab holes in the inner margins; inside wrappers with a short closed tear and a little shallow chipping, light soiling and a few stray marks. Fold mark down the center and traces of soiling on the top edges.