53 242
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(MEXICO.) [Abad, Diego Jose.]
Musa americana, seu de deo carmina ad usum
scholarum congregationis S. Philippi Nerii.
[16], 69 pages. 8vo, contemporary
marbled wrappers, minor wear; moderate worming, heavier on last few leaves.
Cádiz: Espinosa, 1769
[500/750]
FIRST EDITION
.
An epic poem written in San Miguel, Guanajuato. Also attributed to Diego
Bringas de Manzaneda and Juan Benito Gamarra y Davalos. Medina, BHA 4369; Palau
252. Sabin lists only two later editions (51558-9), but calls it “a very scarce work.” No first
editions known at auction.
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(MEXICO.) Ahumada, Juan Antonio de.
Representacion politico legal . . . no
tienen los Españoles Indianos obice para obtener los empleos politicos, y
militares de la America.
22 leaves. Folio, stitched; moderate foxing and dampstaining.
[Madrid, 1725]
[700/1,000]
FIRST EDITION
.
A petition by a lawyer in México arguing that Spanish subjects born in the
Indies should be allowed to hold office. It was reprinted in Mexico in 1820 (see Medina
11527). Medina, BHA 2534; Sabin 69984. Not known at auction since 1986.
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(MEXICO.) Alaman, Lucas.
Historia de Mexico.
One plan, 7 plates. 5 volumes.
Large 8vo, contemporary
1
/
4
calf, moderate wear; toning; early owner’s embossed stamps on
title pages. Second edition. Palau 4576.
México, 1883-85
[200/300]
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(MEXICO.)
Annuae litterae Societatis Jesu, anni M.D. XCIX.
[5]-702 pages.
8vo, contemporary vellum, minor wear, part of backstrip painted red; lacking leaves A2-3;
early inscription and inked library stamp on title page. Lyons: Roussin, 1607
[400/600]
The last 98 pages are devoted to reports from the Province of Mexico. European Americana
607/42.
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(MEXICO.) Arrangoiz, Francisco de Paula de.
Méjico desde 1808 hasta 1867.
403, 127, [1]; 432, 50, [1]; 356, 122, [1]; 350, 29, [1] pages. 4 volumes. 8vo, contemporary
tree calf, minor wear; minor foxing.
Madrid: Pérez Dubrull, 1871-72
[600/900]
“
Political and diplomatic account by a well-informed individual who occupied key posts in both
Mexico and Europe”—Griffin, Historical Literature 4084. Palau 17334.
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(MEXICO.) Boturini Benaducci,
Lorenzo.
Idea de una nueva historia de la
America Septentrional.
2 plates. [40],
167, [8], 96 pages. 4to, contemporary
vellum, moderate wear; endpapers defective,
frontispiece worn and lacking top inch,
minor foxing; inked stamp on front free
endpaper and second leaf, small inked
“MM” stamps on verso of title and page 52.
Madrid: Zúñiga, 1746
[1,000/1,500]
Includes as a long appendix the “Catalogo del
Museo Historico Indiano,” a detailed listing of the
author’s collection of books and manuscripts, most
of which was later destroyed. European
Americana 746/28; Medina, BHA 3403; Palau
33786; Sabin 6834.
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