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450

448

(MEXICO—1812.) Erbiti, Benito.

Cancion marcial que el 2º Batallon de

Patriotas distinguidos de Fernando

VII.

Engraved title page plus 3 pages of

music. Folio, disbound; title page stained.

México: Imprenta Calle de las Escalerillas,

1812

[300/400]

An anthem composed for a royalist battalion by

their musical director. No other copies traced.

449

(MEXICO—1812.)

Telegrafo

Americano.

Issue 114, 4 pages on one

sheet. 4to, unbound; minor wear.

México, 20 June 1812

[200/300]

450

(MEXICO—1814.)Valdés, Manuel

Antonio.

Muestras de los caractéres

que tiene la imprenta que fué de

Don Manuel Antonio Valdés.

[22]

leaves. 8vo, contemporary wrappers,

moderate wear, lacking top edge of

rear wrapper; page numbers added in

pencil. In modern

1

/

4

calf slipcase.

México: [Valdés], 1814

[500/750]

A demonstration of a printing house’s capabili-

ties, including fully typeset sample pages,

different typefaces, and decorative borders.

Valdés was at that time the official printer for

the Cámara and the lottery. Not in OCLC,

not in Medina or Palau, not known at auc-

tion, and possibly unique.