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(GUATEMALA—1809.)

Guatemala por Fernando Septimo, el

dia 12 de Diciembre de 1808.

Engraved

hand-colored title page, 20 (of 21) plates.

166, 19, [3] pages. 8vo, later

1

/

4

calf, minor

wear; title page foxed, a few plates slightly

cropped or with short tears, lacking plate

#17 (the folding plate) with facsimile laid in,

dampstaining toward rear not affecting plates;

early inscriptions on rear flyleaf.

[Guatemala, 1809]

[1,500/2,500]

Prepared upon the ascension of Ferdinand VII to

the Spanish throne, and documenting the

celebrations in Guatemala in his honor. The plates

were mostly by Guatemalan artists. Medina,

Guatemala 1588; Palau 109493; Sabin 29081.