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(BAJA CALIFORNIA—1855.)
Group of 4 broadsides from near the tip of
Baja California.
Letterpress broadsides, each about 31 x 21 cm; moderate dampstaining
and wear.
La Paz, 1855-56
[800/1,200]
Blancarte. Acta: De los habitantes del puerto de La Paz. Puerto de La Paz: Fernández
Castro, 1855 * Blancarte. Acta: Levantada por la guarnicion de la Baja California. Puerto de
La Paz: Fernández Castro, 1855 * Gómez. Creyendo conveniente para el mejor desarrollo.
La Paz, 5 December 1855 * Gómez. Que habiendo prestado el juramento. La Paz, 15
February 1856.
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(BOGOTA—1782.) [Caballero y Góngora, Antonio.]
[Edicto para manifestar
al publico el indulto general . . . a todos los comprehendidos en las revolu-
ciones.]
xix pages. Folio, modern marbled boards; lacking title page (facsimile laid in), later
notes in purple ink on first page and elsewhere; signed on final page for the author.
[Bogotá: Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros?], 7 August 1782
[2,000/3,000]
A pardon issued by the viceroy of New Grenada to the participants in the Comuneros insurrec-
tion. The rebellion’s leader José Antonio Galán had already been decapitated, drawn and
quartered, but by this decree his body was to be removed from public display and given a
Christian burial. This early example of Bogotá printing is illustrated with an engraving of the
Viceroy’s seal, believed to be the first engraving printed in what is now Colombia. Medina,
Bogotá 7. Provenance: Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company.
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