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(BOGOTA—1787.) [Stanihurst, William.]
Historia de Christo paciente.
230,
[8]; 264, [7] pages. 2 volumes. 4to, contemporary vellum, moderate wear; the first volume a
bit taller, leaves I:A4-5 lacking with facsimiles laid in, a few other leaves coming loose,
lacking blank leaf after page I:230, minor wear and foxing, minor dampstaining on a few
leaves.
Bogotá: Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros, 1787
[4,000/6,000]
This has been described as the first book printed in what is now Colombia, and was certainly
the largest work published to this date. Translated by José Luis de Asula y Lozano from
Stanihurst’s 1660 book “Dei immortalis in corpore mortali patientis historia.” Medina,
Bogotá 15; Woodbridge, Printing in Colonial Spanish America, page 93-4; Palau 115107.
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(BOGOTA—1797.)
Romae, et alibi. Feria VI post octava SS. Corporis
Christi. In festo sanctissimi cordis ejusdem D. N. Jesu.
4 pages on one folded sheet.
Folio, stitch holes; minor wear and dampstaining. Not in OCLC or Medina, Bogotá.
[Bogotá, 13 May 1797]
[250/350]
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(BOGOTA—1812.) Nariño, Antonio.
Manifiesto al publico de Cundinamarca.
7 pages. Folio, unbound; stitch holes, horizontal fold; uncut.
Bogotá: Bruno Espinosa, for Nicomedes Lora, 1812
[1,500/2,500]
The president of the short-lived State of Cundinamarca reports on his first months in office.
Nariño became a Colombian national hero, and is mentioned in the national anthem: “Del
hombre los derechos / Nariño predicando / el alma de la lucha / profético enseñó.” Not in
Medina, Bogotá or Palau; none known at auction, and none in OCLC, though the text has
been reprinted elsewhere.
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(BOGOTA—1817.) Fernando VII, King of Spain.
Indulto general: El Rey.
2 pages
on one sheet. Folio, moderate wear and soiling.
Bogota: Imprenta del Gobierno, por Nicomedes Lora, 1817
[400/600]
The king’s decree granting clemency is printed with commentary by the editor of the Gazeta.
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