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(MEXICO—1805.)
Diario de Mexico.
10 volumes (volumes I-VII, IX-X, and
XII), each containing approximately 100 4-page issues. 4to, unmatched contemporary
bindings in calf and vellum, various conditions; most with title pages and indexes.
México: Mariano José de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, 1805-10
[3,000/4,000]
The first daily newspaper in Mexico, founded by independence advocate Carlos Bustamante. It
continued publication through 1817. “Rare, even in Mexico, as in the troubles and revolutions
that supervened, many of the copies were destroyed”—Sabin 48424. Medina, México 9784;
Palau 71882. No bound volumes known at auction.
WITH
—13 miscellaneous issues from
Volumes XII through XVII, 1810-12, plus two copies of the Diario Extraordinario de
México dated January 1815, all bound together in a modern pamphlet binder.
437
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(MEXICO—1808.) Gonzalez Torres de Navarra, José.
Ensayo practico de
simplificar el estudio de las lenguas escritas,
60 pages. Folio, contemporary marbled
wrappers, worn; title page slightly soiled.
México: María Fernández de Jáuregui, 1808
[500/750]
First Mexican edition, after the 1799 Madrid first edition. A Spanish-English grammar and
vocabulary, mostly in Spanish but still unusual to find from a Mexican press (see lot 405).
Medina, México 10076; none known at auction.
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