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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. THE REESE COPY. [Mexico City]: M. Murguia [1845-1855]. Quarto. Bound in Mexican red straight-grained morocco (re-backed, with the original back-strip laid down). On the front board, "RECUERDOS DE MEXICO" gilt above central panel, bordered gilt. On the spine, seven panels. "Los Mexicanos/ a la/ Senorita / D.a Fanny / Farrell;/ J.B.C." gilt to the second through the seventh panels. Pink watered silk doublures. Chromolithographic title page, 34 lithographic plates (first lithograph trimmed at lower caption). Re-backed, with the original back-strip laid down. Light spotting, foxing and toning throughout, a few text leaves with short tears. Hinges and extremities rubbed. Some losses to the covers and spine. Darkening to the end-papers. Ex Libris WSR on verso of front free endpaper. This is a scarce Mexican costume book, encompassing many types and fashions. The lithographs by Andres Campillo and Hesiquio Iriarte depict Mexican trades from midwives and typsetters to cleaners and cowboys. Although inspired by the 1844 Los Espanoles pintados por si mismos printed in Madrid, the present work adds detailed backgrounds to its figures and includes many new styles. William S. Reese (1955-2018) was one of the great Americana booksellers. His firm continues to trade in New Haven. After his death, Christie's New York sold his private collection (24-25 May 2022; the present item was lot 231), which included many highlights of the field. Sabin 48577; Palau 167479; Mathes, Mexico on Stone, p. 28.

Hard Cover. Condición: Nueva. Colección completa (nueva o como nueva). Vols. I al XLIII (68 Tomos físicos). La historia más extensa del España publicada. Le presentamos la prestigiosa Historia de España iniciada por Ramón Menéndez Pidal, dirigida por José María Jover Zamora y con un plantel de destacados especialistas. Una obra de consulta y lectura que satisfaga totalmente tanto al estudioso como a todo aquel lector que desee una visión objetiva de la historia de nuestro país. La Historia de España Menéndez Pidal contiene los más rigurosos análisis sobre los acontecimientos decisivos que marcan nuestra historia. 68 volúmenes con más de 55.000 páginas. Formato 21 x 28 cm. Encuadernación en guaflex con estampaciones en oro. Más de 16.000 ilustraciones en blanco y negro y a color. Ofrecemos la edición más completa y actualizada iniciada en los años 1970 y finalizada con el Tomo XLIII pulicado en el 2007. Vendemos alguno de los tomos de la edición inicial a precio de saldo. We sell individual volumes to complete sets. / Vendemos tomos individuales para completar colecciones.

Half leather. Condición: Good copy. ills Ilustrador. Folio. XXVIII + 115 pp. Vidal: estupendo ejemplar de la primera historia ilustrada de Buenos Aires y Montevideo. 24 aguatintas en colores. Folio; 24 aguatintas coloreadas a mano, 4 de ellas a doble página. (33,5 x 26,8 cm.); encuadernación original de editor. PRIMERA EDICIÓN DEL VIDAL, EL PRIMER ATLAS ICONOGRÁFICO DE BUENOS AIRES Y MONTEVIDEO. Según Alejo González Garaño: Además de su ameno y bien informado texto, poseemos con sus espléndidos grabados las primeras, verídicas y exactas reproducciones sacadas del natural, presentadas con su colorido propio, referentes a aspectos y costumbres de Buenos Aires y sus alrededores al comenzar la era independiente. Las ilustraciones fueron dibujadas por Vidal y grabadas por G. Maile, T. Sutherland, G. Bluck and D. Havell. La obra de Vidal es la única en su género en idioma inglés ilustrada con grabados coloreados; siempre ha sido una pieza apreciada y deseada por los coleccionistas de diferentes generaciones y su valor ha ido en constante aumento. Los 24 grabados están acompañados de descripciones de los paisajes, costumbres y hábitos de los personajes descriptos en las ilustraciones. Incluye los siguientes grabados: 1. General view of Buenos Ayres, from the Plaza de Toros; 2. 2 views on one long folding plate: Montevideo from the anchorage outside the harbour; 3. Landing place; 4. Fort T; 5. Water cart; 6. Market place; 7. Plaza; 8. Milk boys; 9. South Matadero (public butchery); 10. Fishing; 11. Church of San Domingo; 12. Beggar on horseback; 13. Pampa Indians; 14. Shipping hides at the custom house; 15. A country public house & travellers; 16. Estantia (farm) on the river San Pedro; 17. Balling ostriches; 18. Guachos (rustics) of Tucuman; 19. Convoy of wine mules; 20. Travelling wagon in Pontano (Morass); 21. Travelling post (folding); 22. Paolistas, soldiers of the east bank of the Plata; 23. A Quinta (farm); 24. A horse race. El Vidal (así se lo conoce) fue reeditado en el siglo XX tanto en Alemania como en la Argentina y es sin lugar a dudas uno de los grandes clásicos de la bibliografía de libros raros referidos a nuestro país. Vale destacar que nuestro ejemplar con su encuadernación original de editor intacta es el único en el mercado en estas condiciones. Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video consisting of Twenty four Views accompanied with Descriptions of the scenery and of the costumes, manners &c.of the inhabitants. London. Published by R. Ackermann. 1820.

Cloth binding. Condición: Good copy. Folio. S.P. La más importante obra ilustrada sobre México en el siglo XIX. Folio mayor. Anteportada, portada tipográfica, portada grabada, frontis grabado, 28 litografías de la primera edición, 1 litografía al final, (fechada 1863) que corresponde a la edición de 1864. Encuadernación original de editor, correspondiente a la edición de 1864. Texto descriptivo de 32pp. en español por Marcos Arroniz, José T. de Cuellar y otros. Guardas originales protegen cada litografía. Primera edición de este Album Mexicano, bellamente ilustrado con litografías que muestran por ejemplo, el Convento de San Francisco, la Plaza de San Agustín de las Cuevas y emblemáticos edificios históricos, personajes populares, plazas, calles, monumentos. Se editó primero en dos partes entre 1855 y 1856; pocas ediciones de esta obra tuvieron ediciones formales, en cambio, fueron editadas y publicadas de acuerdo a la demanda popular y se completaban con litografías de diferentes ediciones. Como resultado, hay una gran diversidad entre los ejemplares. Nuestro ejemplar se corresponde exactamente con la primera edición publicada entre 1855 y 1856 y lleva agregada al final una litografía (1863) y las tapas originales, correspondientes a la edición de 1864. Atractivo ejemplar que refleja artísticamente vida y costumbres del México ancestral. Palau 167505. 19th Century Mexican Tinted and Hand-Colored Lithographs. 1855,1863. First Issue with 35 Lithographic Plates of Monuments, Costumes, and Landscapes. Castro, C., Campillo, J., Auda, L., and G. Rodriguez. Mexico y sus Alrededores. Coleccion de Monumentos, Trajes y Paisajes [Mexico and its Surroundings. Collection of Monuments, Costumes and Landscapes]. Mexico: Establecimiento Litografico de Decaen [Lithographic Establishment of Decaen], 1855 and 1856 [1864]. Tall folio, 12½ by 17¾. With 8 half page and 27 full plate pages of lithographs of Mexican scenery and buildings, 32 of which are tinted and 3 of which are beautifully hand colored. Includes descriptive text in Spanish by Márcos Arróniz, José T. de Cuellar, and others. With lithographs featuring the Convent of San Francisco and the Square of San Agustin de Las Cuevas. First issued in two installments between 1855 and 1856, this book has undergone relatively few formal editions, instead being printed and published according to popular demand and the availability of illustrations. As a result, there is wide variation among copies. This volume contains 35 lithographs, the last of which is dated 1863, with the text and title page from the first issue in 1855 and 1856. In original dark brown pebbled cloth with new spine, title in gilt on front cover. Cover is stamped with the year 1864. Original paper guards protecting each lithograph. In excellent condition.

Oblong folio (9 2/8 x 13 inches). Lithographed title-page. 28 chromolithographed or tinted lithographed plates by Casimiro Castro, A. Gallice, M. Mohar, E. Perez and J. Albarez with captions in English, Spanish and French (a little toned, one or two marginal stains). Original black cloth backed, pictorial paper boards (extremities worn with minor loss, covers with one or two stains). An important and beautiful work illustrating Mexico City and environs. Originally published in parts to subscribers from 1855 with an ever increasing number of plates. Subjects of the scenes and birds-eye views include the Cathedral of Mexico, National Palace of Mexico, Plaza of Santo Domingo, Veracruz Railroad Station, Plaza of Guadalupe, Tacubaya, Toluca, Cathedral of Puebla, a bird's-eye view of Puebla, a view of Querétaro, the Cathedral at Guadalajara, and Guanajuato. While most of the lithographs in this album are by Gallice, many are by the celebrated Casimiro Castro, a Mexican painter, draftsman and lithographer and generally considered one of the greatest Mexican landscape artists and lithographers of the 19th century. He is best known for his work on this album and his subsequent depiction of the Mexican railway "Album of the Mexican Railway. A Collection of Views taken from nature by Casmiro Castro", 1877. Abbey, Travel in Aquatint Lithography 672; Sabin 48590; Colas 547; Lipperheide 1624; Mathes, Mexico on Stone, p. 30.

Cloth binding. Condición: Good copy. ills Ilustrador. Oblong. S.P. Una de las más raras iconografías del México Antiguo. ALBUM MEXICANO. Colección de Paisajes, Monumentos, Costumbres y Ciudades principales de la República: MEXICO, Debray Sucs., C. Montaurol. Portal del Coliseo Viejo Nº 6. Mexico, Tomo 1º (único publicado). Folio apaisado. 33cm.x 24cm. Portada litografiada. 28 litografías en color por Casimiro Castro, A.Gallice, M. Mohar, E. Perez y J. Alvarez. Todas las litografías subtituladas al pie en inglés, francés y español. Encuadernación en cartoné verde original con ilustraciones litográficas en ambas tapas. Casimiro Castro (1826, Tepetlaoxtoc a 1889, Ciudad de México) fue un dibujante, litógrafo y pintor mexicano. Es considerado cronista gráfico y paisajista de gran fama en México del siglo XIX. Vivió en una época de inestabilidad política y social marcada por guerras, invasiones extranjeras y diversos conflictos. Todo esto permitió que su obra sea un importante testimonio gráfico de esta significativa etapa de México. Es muy conocido por sus trabajos en esta obra y por el Album del Ferrocarril Mexicano. Raro Album Mexicano cuyas litografías de gran calidad y detalle, muestran paisajes, arquitectura y escenas de la vida cotidiana en el siglo XIX. Todas las litografías están subtituladas en inglés, francés y español. Podemos encontrar litografías de la ciudad de México, Guanajuato, Guadalajara, y otros lugares emblemáticos del país. En suma, una rara avis de la iconografía mexicana. A Collection of Views taken from Nature by Casimiro Castro,1877. With 28 Color Lithographs Portraying Life in 19th Century. Mexico. In Fine Condition. Castro, C. et al. Album Mexicano: Coleccio n de Paisajes, Monumentos, Costumbres y Ciudades Principales de la Repu blica [Mexican Album: Collection of Landscapes, Monuments, Customs and Major Cities of the Republic]. Mexico: Antigua litografia [Ancient Lithography] Debray sucs., C. Montauriol, ca. 1880. Oblong album, 13½ x 8½. A collection of lithographs by C. Castro, A. Gallice, M. Moher, E. Perez and J. Alvarez. Contains all 28 color plates depicting landscapes, architecture and scenes of life in Mexico in the late 1800s. Subtitles in English, French, and Spanish. Lithographs in fine condition. Includes lithographs depicting scenes from Mexico City, Guanajuato, Guadalajara, and other locations. Rare,only one copy has sold at auction. Very good in original green paper covered boards, with elaborate border and illustrations printed on front and back boards. Minor shelf wear to boards.

First Edition. ~ Prólogo de la Autora ~ Primera edición ~ Pasta española de época, nervios, casas decoradas con florones en oro, doble tejuelo con títulos dorados ~ 160p+2f ~ 20x14x2cm. ~ Sellos del anterior propietario, el poeta y ensayista marxista uruguayo Santiago Torres y Castro, en anteportada y portada. La 1ª pág. de texto con rotura hábilmente reparada con papel Japón. 3 hojas con pequeñas roturas marginales sin alcanzar el texto ~ LANGUAGE: Español / Additional images available/// We accept PayPal & EU bank transfer in EUROS //.

Publisher s leather. Condición: Good copy. 2vols. 8vo. varias pp. 4 tomos encuadernados en 2 volúmenes. * Palau 169144. "The works of this exceptional Cuban poet who only wrote for seven years before going insane". 2 volumes; 4to; full leather; Spanish romantic binding. Blind stamped covers. Gilt edges. Author s portrait * Palau 169144.

Full leather. Condición: Good copy. ills Ilustrador. 4to. 512 pp. Relevante viajero de interés chileno argentino con información sobre nuestro país. 4to. Ilustrado. Con 14 grabados fuera de texto realizados por Edward Findsen según 12 originales de la autora y 2 de August Earle y 10 viñetas dentro del texto. Encuadernación en cuero del siglo 20, imitando la original. PRIMERA EDICIÓN. La autora, que viajara con su marido Thomas Graham, oficial de la marina inglesa, quien muriera en la travesía al cruzar el Cabo de Hornos, residió varios meses en Chile. Este libro contiene simpáticas y perceptivas descripciones de los lugares recorridos, sus habitantes y costumbres. Además agudas observaciones sobre personalidades descollantes, que la autora tratara personalmente: O'Higgins, Cochrane, San Martín, Miers, Monteagudo, Arenales, etc. Con referencias históricas de importancia como: Ensayo sobre la historia de Chile, su independencia, batallas de Chacabuco, Maipú, Cancha Rayada, Balcarce y Las Heras, fusilamiento de los Carrera, Canterec en Lima, etc. El apéndice, escrito por Yates, amigo de los Carrera, liberado y deportado por San Martín, contiene comentarios sobre la historia y la guerra civil en la Argentina, con cartas, proclamas y manifiestos. Palau 107132. Sabin 28234. Cordero 105. Nice 20th century leather binding, rebound to style.

8vo., (9 x 5 4/8 inches). Text in Spanish and in English. Engraved full-page map of the Republic of Texas. Modern red cloth. "EARLIEST [MAP] OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS" (Howes) First edition in English, first published in Spanish in Philadelphia in 1836 with this map, and in Mexico and Paris in 1837. The map is a decidedly simple, sparse rendering focusing on the eastern boundary of Texas and the Gulf of Mexico only as far west as the Neches River. This bilingual edition contains correspondence relative to General Gaines military occupation of northeast Texas from the Sabine to Nacogdoches for the announced purpose of checking Indian depredations. It appears, however, that Gaines acted more at the request of Stephen F. Austin than U.S. Authorities as he remained at Nacodoches while the new Texas government became organized. This affair led to the breaking of diplomatic relations by Mexico with the U.S. Government. Before the Mexican envoy Gorostiza left the United States, be published a pamphlet in which he set forth his case and to which he appended certain documents relating to the affair. This pamphlet had the effect of further irritating the State Department and the situation became even more strained when later the Mexican government definitely approved this document and the actions of its Minister (Studies in history, economics, and public law, Volume 66. Columbia University. Faculty of Political Science, page 155). Born in Vera Cruz, Mexico and educated in Madrid, Spain, Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza (1789-1851) was a dramatist and official in the Mexican government. Gorostiza entered the Spanish guard as a cadet in 1803 and left the service in 1814 at the rank of lieutenant colonel to devote his time to literary work. In 1823, he was banished to England, but returned to Mexico in 1833 where he was elected Deputy to the National Congress that same year. He went on to serve as Secretary of the Treasury in 1838, Secretary of Foreign Relations in 1839, and Envoy Extraordinary to the United States in 1844. During the Mexican-American War, Gorostiza fought in the Battle of Churubusco (1847). After the war, he became interested in education and was named director of the Mexican National Theatre. His dramatic works include Tal para Cual (1820), Las Costumbres de Antafio (1820), Don Dieguito (1820) and Contigo Pan y Cebolla (1833). Howes G6 (citing only the Spanish and French editions); Streeter 1229C.

Condición: Very good. Collection of seven Chinese gouache paintings on pith paper (sizes vary: ca. 300 x 220 mm, some blank areas in fragile pith paper cracked or with loss, not affecting gouache paintings -- SEE IMAGES), a few retaining their original blue silk border edges. Each painting is hinged onto stiff lig-free board (377 x 277 mm) utilizing existing (old) cloth hinges and very lightly tipped onto backing board using reversable adhesive; light-green vertical cloth "window" mattes, in front of which are protective mylar sheets, the entire ensemble preserved in a protective cloth case. FASCINATING COLLECTION OF SEVEN CHINESE GOUACHE PAINTINGS ON PITH PAPER OF PERUVIAN AND ARGENTINEAN "COSTUMBRISMO." Examples such as ours are not often seen on the market and due to their fragility, and are absent from many relevant museums and research libraries worldwide. Among the rarest and least studied 19th-century Cantonese export watercolors are those depicting South American costumbrisimo (or "tipos del pais," i.e. country types) depicting local inhabitants, costumes, and occupations. Lithographs by César Hipólito Bacle (1794-1838), Francisco Javier Cortés (1770-1841) and Francisco "Pancho" Fierro (1807-1879) were taken to Canton where the local artists produced the pith drawings that were sold into the export trade. Some of these were sent back to Chile and Argentina, but due to the often extreme heat and humidity (especially in Lima) the pith simply deteriorated. This practice is well described by Barbara Anderson, who writes that "[these] watercolors remind us that globalism was thriving long before the term was coined in this century. They represent an intriguing and charming, but as yet little understood branch of art that flourished worldwide in an era in which nations were attempting to define themselves in visual terms, to themselves as well as to outsiders." Though commerce between China and Peru and China and Argentina in the early nineteenth century has received scant attention, customs registers bear evidence of an intensive trade. During the nineteenth-century, legions of Chinese export artists assimilated Western iconography into syncretic pith paintings, and multiples and reproductions abounded. "Chinese artists were so adept that European observers noted with somewhat reluctant admiration that the Chinese will copy anything available to them." (Captistrano-Baker, p. 247). Furthermore, in some instances, "[they] are so well done that it is difficult to accept them as being from an oriental hand." (Crossman, p. 188) Our Chinese costumbrismo were executed in Canton either by the studio of Kuan Lien-ch'ang (a.k.a. Tingqua), or in the studio of Sunqua. Concerning the latter attribution: two of the paintings in our collection (specifically the "Gaucho Enlazando" and the "Duraznero") are practically identical to the pair that recently sold at Bonhams London on 8 June 2023, lot 152 (for the price of GBP 2,176 including buyer's premium), both attributed by Bonhams' experts to the Sunqua studio. The original exemplars for these were Bacle's famous lithographs of Argentinean costumes, the "Trages y costumbres de la Provincia de Buenos-Aires" published in six parts from 1833-1835 (NB: reproductions of the two lithographs are provided here for comparison purposes). In the bespoke 2023 Bonhams sale (lot 153) were two slightly inferior Chinese costumbrismo paintings, likewise attributed to the Sunqua studio, which realized GBP 1,280. Bonhams' attribution to the studio of Sunqua is tentative at best, as none of them are signed. We here draw attention to a collection of 36 Tingqua watercolors in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division that strongly resemble ours in terms of composition and execution (LoC LOT P&P 4456). No. 25 in the LoC group depicts a Peruvian man holding a hat and walking stick; everything about the painting is strikingly similar to ours, save the difference in facial gestures: in our example the man has a faint smile, whereas LoC version depicts this same man is grimacing. Because the albums containing the LoC group bear Tingqua's signature, it stands to reason that our collection was executed in the Tingqua workshop, and the four Bonhams examples were (mis)attributed to the studio of Sunqua. The gouache of the "Tapada limeña" (a Peruvian woman in black Saya revealing just one eye) in our collection strongly resembles the one in the Victoria & Albert Museum. The V&A example is preserved in a three-volume set which contains, inter alia, 19th-century Chinese gouaches of costumes of Chile, Peru, and Manila (MSL/1984/27), some of which were copied after drawings by Filipino artist Damian Domingo (1796-1834). The Ayala Museum holds an album of thirty-one watercolors depicting Philippine peoples, costumes, and occupations, long (mis)attributed to Domingo; in fact, they are also Chinese copies, for which see Capistrano-Baker, p. 242). Nineteenth-century Chinese pith paintings are notoriously fragile; ours camed to us framed (evidently they had been preserved this way for decades) and were recently removed from their frames by us so that the objects could be seen in their entirety. The paintings are in REMARKABLY GOOD CONDITION, unlike other examples of Chinese "costumbrismo" that were reproduced in the "Lima to Canton and Beyond" blog (see infra). The subjects in the present collection are: 1. A negro priest holding a book (original exemplar unlocated); pith paper split in two places (not affecting painting); 2. A Franciscan friar in blue robes and gold belt (cordelier). Whereas the original exemplar is unlocated, there is a nearly identical example in the Wellcome Collection (581456i). Some insignificant blemishes; 3. An Argentinean peach vendor on horseback, executed after Bacle's "Trages y Costumbres de Buenos Aires" ("Durasnero"). Lower right corner of pith separated, two small holes (not affecting painting); 4. "Tapada limeña" (a Peruvian woman in black Saya revealing just one eye.

A RADICAL TEXTBOOK FOR NEWLY-INDEPENDENT LATIN AMERICANS. 2 vols in 2, 8vos. (4), 302 pp, (5); (2), 325 pp, (5). Bound in contemporary calf, spine gilt with red title label ("Manual Mejorada"). With contemporary ink stamp of the Sociedad de Amigos on verso of final leaf of Vol I, given as a mark of authenticity. Wormtrack affecting pastedown but hardly touching title-page of Vol I; otherwise a pleasant, unsophisticated copy in a contemporary Peruvian binding. Rare first American edition of this remarkable legal textbook composed specifically for use in the fledgling independent republics of Latin America during the first half of the 19th century. The text was printed for the first time in Paris in 1827, and the present edition is both its first printing anywhere in the Americas and its second appearance overall. OCLC shows just seven copies worldwide, four of them in the US (Yale, GW Law, LC, and Harvard). Little seems to be known of the author, but in his preface to the first edition, Ochoa rails against "political and religious despotism" and salutes "the individuals of all classes in these new republics who have risen as if by magic from the bosom of shame, seeing themselves elevated to the dignity of free men". Celebrating the loss of Spain s American dominions in the name of liberty and justice were evidently sentiments to which Ochoa could not publicly sign his name, and he is identified only by his initials on the title-page of both the Paris and Arequipa editions of the Manual. The Sociedad de Amigos who were responsible for adapting the work for Peru seem to have harbored the same anti-colonial, anti-clerical spirit. As far as we have traced, no direct comparison has ever been conducted between the Paris original and the present Peruvian corrected and improved edition. The latter text proves to be rife with footnotes added by the Sociedad de Amigos, distinguishable by their smaller font size. For example, on p. 38 a footnote declares that the age of majority in Peru has been proclaimed as 21, rather than 25 as in Spain; and on p. 43 we find a lengthy critical note: "Es muy ridiculo que dé al juramento la fuerza de confirmar y hacer valida una venta que antes no lo era; como si el que indujo á la mujer á enajenar la dote, no la induciria tambien á confirmar la enajenacion con juramento". On p. 23, strong emphasis is added on the separation of church and state in matrimonial affairs: "Las republicas de America no estan obligadas á admitir lo dispuesto por los Concilios, mas que en la parte de fe, costumbres y disciplina esencial." The present edition was printed in Arequipa, a city of major importance during Peru s struggles for independence. Although the north of the country had declared independence in 1821, Arequipa remained under Spanish control until the Battle of Ayacucho in 1824. The dedicatee, Antonio Gutiérrez de La Fuente (1796-1878), was a strong Bolivarist and the first governor of Arequipa following independence; in 1826, he briefly considered breaking away from the rest of the country but instead lead the movement to overthrow the government in Lima. * cf Palau y Dulcet 149727 (but this edition unrecorded); and cf eg. Núñez, El código napoleónico y su recepción en América Latina (1997), p. 166.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First 1881 edition of this 19th century rare classic. Not to be confused with 21st-century reprints. Introduction by Bachiller y Morales, first Cuban literary historian and copiously illustrated by Victor Patricio Landaluze, the legendary Spanish lithographer. A collection of costumbrista articles on Cuban human types and lore, along with Landaluze's 20 non-color lithos. This copy recently re-bound in marbled hardboard and leather spine for a sterling look. The text is in As New condition.

3/4 Leather. Condición: Good copy. ills Ilustrador. 2vols. 8vo. varias pp. Con: Supplementary appendix to the Travel amongst the Great Andes. Mismo lugar e impresor, 1891. XII, 147 págs. (junto con) How to use the Aneroid Barometer. Mismo lugar, impresor y año. 61 págs. 1º edición. Con 140 grabados dentro y fuera del texto, realizados por el autor según distintos artistas sobre costumbres, utensilios, instrumentos, incidentes durante el viaje y el ascenso al Chimborazo, en el tomo del Viaje. El suplemento tiene 64 grabados sobre zoología. Lleva 4 mapas: de Ecuador, un plano de Quito, de la región según Pedro de Maldonado y otro plegado y entelado sobre la ruta a través de los Andes. Excelente ejemplar con las tres obras, raro de encontrar juntas, lleva el espécimen de la obra y el ex libris de Hugh Perkins Armigeri. Gran encuadernación inglesa firmada por Tout, tapas con doble filete, lomos con cuatro motivos orlando una flor central, cortes dorados. Palau 375104 y 375105 no cita el Uso del Barómetro.

Half leather. Condición: Good copy. ills Ilustrador. 4to. VII + 366 pp. Una de las primeras descripciones de Brasil bajo la colonización Portuguesa. 1º Edición. Con 9 grabados incluyendo el mapa. El relato de Mawe está repleto de detalles sobre geografía de Brasil, su población y costumbres, plantas y animales, además de detalles precisos sobre piedras preciosas y su tratamiento, tema del cual el autor era experto y escribe por primera vez aquí; el libro es importante también para la Argentina, porque posee un capítulo dedicado a describir un viaje del autor a Buenos Aires en momentos cruciales para la independencia, con un recuento de la Revolución de Mayo de 1810, en la cual se formó el primer gobierno patrio. One of the first descriptions of Brazil under Portuguese dominion. Half leather. 4to. First edition, with 9 engravings, including a map. The narrative of Mawe is full of details regarding the geography of Brazil, its population and customs, plants and animals, as well as precise details of precious stones and their processing, a topic on which the author was an expert and on which he writes here for the first time. The book is important also for Argentina, because it has a chapter dedicated to a description of a trip by the author to Buenos Aires during crucial moments of independence, with an account of the Revolution of May, 1810, that tgformed the first argentinean government.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket as Issued. Elephant Folio, (17 3/4" X 12"). In Spanish with captions of plates in Spanish, English, and French. Hardcover bound in burlap type cloth with leather paste down titles on the front board and spine. Illustrated with 25 full page colored plates. This is a magnificent facsimile of the rare circa 1880 edition. An important and beautiful presentation illustrating Mexico City and environs by the celebrated Casimiro Castro (among others) who was a Mexican painter, draftsman and lithographer. He is considered one of the greatest Mexican landscape artists and lithographers of the 19th century. In near fine condition, no former owner's names or marks. This facsimile is very scarce in its own right. Will require extra postage because of the very large size and weight.

Cloth. Condición: Good copy. ills Ilustrador. 8vo. 334 + 5 + 33 pp. Paolo Mantegazza (Monza, 31 ottobre 1831. San Terenzo, 28 agosto 1910) è stato un fisiologo, antropologo, patriota e scrittore italiano. Fue uno dei primi divulgatori delle teorie darwiniane in Italia. Le sue ricerche contribuirono all'affermazione dell'antropologia intesa come storia naturale dell'uomo. Deputato dal 1865 al 1876 e senatore dal 16 novembre 1876 sotto il Regno d'Italia, si segnalò come avversario della legge sul macinato. Del Parlamento ebbe a dire che era: Il più alto laboratorio di forze disperse. Qui abbiamo la più alta perfezione di un meccanismo al rovescio, dove cioè quasi tutte le forze si trasformano in attriti". Medico fisiologo e neurologo, antropologo darwiniano, Paolo Mantegazza fu un instancabile organizzatore e divulgatore di cultura. Con il romanzo L'anno 3000: sogno (1897) è anche considerato uno dei precursori ottocenteschi della fantascienza italiana. Mantegazza vivió entonces en Milán y luego en Pavía, en cuya Facultad de Medicina fue profesor de Patología General, y donde fundó un laboratorio italiano de patología experimental. En la primera de esas ciudades, publicó en 1858, 60, Sulla America Meridionale, Lettere Mediche (Cartas Médica sobre la América Meridional), en dos tomos, que dedicó a Juan María Gutiérrez, de la que se hizo traducción en Buenos Aires, en 1949, con prólogo del doctor Gregorio Aráoz Alfaro, La temática casi enciclopédica de las mismas, comprende noticias referentes a enfermedades, drogas y médicos, otras que se ocupan del mundo vegetal, del mundo animal, del paisaje, de las ciudades visitadas, de la población, de sus costumbres y supersticiones, de la vida económica, de aspectos culturales, de problemas económicos.

Half leather. Condición: Good copy. 4to. 366 pp. Contiene los descubrimientos y principales sucesos acaecidos en este Gran Reino, a los Españoles, Franceses, Suecos, Dinamarqueses, Ingleses y otras Naciones entre y con los Indios: cuyas Costumbres, Genios, Idolatría, Gobierno, Batallas y Astucias, se refieren y los viages de algunos Capitanes y Pilotos por el Mar de el Norte a buscar Paso a Oriente o union de aquella Tierra, con Asia desde el año de 1512 que descubrió la Florida Juan Ponce de Leon hasta el de 1722.

First edition. Two volumes, quarto, 22 x 16cm, pp [iii], 548; [ii], 572. [Palau 260053] Written by those who accompanied him, Fr. Antonio de Ciudad Real and Fr. Alonso de San Roman. Fray Alonso Ponce arrived in New Spain in 1584 with the title of Commissary General for the Franciscan Order in New Spain. From then until 1589 he traveled through the various Franciscan provinces from Guadalajara to Nicaragua, visiting friars and correcting abuses. His travels were generally on foot and involved many trials, including clashes with the Viceroy and eventual exile from the kingdom. The two friars who accompanied him as his secretaries noted down the incidents of his travels and observations about the various regions -- their flora and fauna , the roads and travelling conditions, etc. -- and the peoples that lived in them, doing this with great detail; their reports were apparently written as they travelled along, which gives them a particular note of veracity, as well as interest -- eyewitness testimonials. It is generally accepted that the two secretaries were Alonso de San Roman and Antonio de Ciudad Real. (This latter returned to New Spain and became the greatest Mayan linguist of his day. See Beristain under Ciudad Real.) The work is filled with first hand reports of life in New Spain at the end of the 16th century, including both historical and ethnological information.The Porrua Diccionario Historia etc., says of it: "Hay informaciones de primera vista, que ayudan a reconstruir la vida de aquellos tiempos y son de grata lectura." The introduction states: " Es un verdadero itinerario descriptivo de mas de dos mil leguas, importantisimo a nuestro parecer; pues en el, con gran sencillez y sin pretenciones de ningun genero, se describen las costumbres, traje y lengua de sus habitantes, se marca la distancia de unos pueblos o conventos a otros. y se dan curiosas noticias de algunas de las antiquedades de aquellas comarcas, asi como sus diferentes climas y cosechas." The narrative of Ponce's journey was first published in Madrid in 1873 from a manuscript of it in the possession of Mariano de Zabalburu. Two indices were later published for it -- an indication of the book's value: Sabin 63965 also refers to it as a 'valuable work." This copy is from the library of George McClelland Foster, Jr , who served as a professor of anthropology from 1953 to his retirement in 1979: the quantity, quality, and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. A note-card from the executor of Foster's library has been laid in, and his stamp is on title: there are some occasional pencil marginalia. Bound in full Spanish tree-calf with gilt lettering to red and black spine labels. No copies at auction are recorded -- exceedingly rare in the market. A fine copy of this scarce book.

3/4 Leather. Condición: Good copy. 8vo. XXXI + 520 pp. El mejor libro español sobre el cultivo del Olivo. PRIMERA EDICIÓN DE ESTA OBRA DE GRAN INTERES PARA LA HISTORIA DE LA GASTRONOMIA Y LA AGRICULTURA EN ESPAÑA. Excelente publicación donde la historia y las costumbres a cerca del arte de cultivar el olivo es la piedra angular. A lo largo de sus 18 capítulos, el autor describe minuciosamente el olivo desde el punto de vista botánico hasta todos los pasos a seguir para su mejor explotación. The best Spanish book regarding the cultivation of olive trees. 8vo; fine contemporary half leather. FIRST EDITION OF THIS WORK OF GREAT INTEREST FOR THE HISTORY OF GASTRONOMY AND AGRICULTURE IN SPAIN. An excellent publication in which the history and customs regarding the cultivation of olive trees is the base. Throughout its 18 chapters the author describes the olive tree in detail from the botanical point of view to the methods to follow for its better explotation.

Hard Cover TAPA DURA. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. Definitive edition of the Complete Works of Octavio Paz. Colección Letras Mexicanas. Published: 1991-2004. On each title page, the legend "EDICIÓN DEL AUTOR" appears under the volume title. Octavio Paz did frequent revisions throughout these volumes. Círculo de Lectores in Barcelona had initiated the publication of this edition in 1991. Fondo de Cultura decided to join in officially a few years later, and thereafter if was jointly published by both imprints. This is a brand new complete set. See our individual volume entries for details. ISBN 10: 9681639081; ISBN 13: 9789681639082. This ISBN has been double checked with the actual Copyright page listing in Volume 15. This is the correct ISBN for Obras completas, complete 15 volume set. Some sellers list this same ISBN as the one for Volume 9 only (Ideas y costumbres). That is incorrect. Price offers are therefore distorted because of this false listing. At the writing of these notes, there is no other offering for the Complete Works set, except for the LEA listing. Do not confuse this definitive edition with the one published later by Fondo de Cultura in 8 volumes. No possible comparison. This is the FONDO DE CULTURA ECONÓMICA ediion. Language: POESIA E HISTORIA.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dj. FirstEdition. Coleccion Pintoresca de pintura de costumbres, de reflexiones morales,de aventuras y narraciones interesantes, de cosas curiosas, etc., etc., with 24 beautiful, hand colored Lithographs (with tissue guards), the text devided into, America, Oceania, Africa and Asia, 192 pages plus 24,bound in brown cloth in a beautiful Cathedral binding in gold, red, blue, green and orange, foxing throughout, not much affecting the plates and mostly light, A Very Good Copy.

Hard Cover TAPA DURA. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. Definitive edition of the Complete Works of Octavio Paz. Colección Letras Mexicanas. Published: 1991-2004. On each title page, the legend "EDICIÓN DEL AUTOR" appears under the volume title. Octavio Paz did frequent revisions throughout these volumes. Círculo de Lectores in Barcelona had initiated the publication of this edition in 1991. Fondo de Cultura decided to join in officially a few years later, and thereafter if was jointly published by both imprints. This is a brand new complete set. See our individual volume entries for details. ISBN 10: 9681639081; ISBN 13: 9789681639082. This ISBN has been double checked with the actual Copyright page listing in Volume 15. This is the correct ISBN for Obras completas, complete 15 volume set. Some sellers list this same ISBN as the one for Volume 9 only (Ideas y costumbres). That is incorrect. Price offers are therefore distorted because of this false listing. At the writing of these notes, there is no other offering for the Complete Works set, except for the LEA listing. Do not confuse this definitive edition with the one published later by Fondo de Cultura in 8 volumes. No possible comparison. Language: POESIA E HISTORIA.

Hard Cover. Condición: New. First Edition. Formato: 15,5 x 23 cm. Over 11,000 pages. 12 volumes.

HORSEBACK-RIDING FOR LADIES. 8vo. (8), 381 pp, (1), including steel-cut frontispiece and 34 helpful vignettes (some repeated) in text. Bound in contemporary boards with green calf spine; gilt title on spine. Slight foxing to scattered leaves, otherwise very good. Extremely rare sole edition of this curious guide by a Catalan Riding Master with a lengthy, illustrated section entirely devoted to the art of women s horseback-riding. This unusual text perhaps sheds light on the growing popularity of recreational riding for women during the 19th century. Contrary to popular belief, however, the practice of riding side-saddle sometimes thought to preserve a woman s modesty was never widespread, and there is no mention of that technique in the present work. The frontispiece depicts each of the type of rider noted on the title-page: unmarried women (but señoras are also referred to in the text); gentlemen; and soldiers. Part II (pp. 135-201) is composed of specific instructions for ladies wishing to elegantly and modestly mount and dismount a horse. Pages 143-144 illustrate the best method involving a gentleman assistant, who gallantly cups his hands below her left foot; on pp. 152-153 we see a dismounting technique also involving the same. The text also includes directions for feminine attire while riding, and even the best technique for female riders attempting the physically punishing gallop (Cuarta leccion, pp. 185-201). OCLC shows two copies worldwide, at the British Library and the National Library of Spain. REBIUN adds just four further copies in Spanish libraries. * Palau, 32830; and cf Vicente Castañeda y Alcover, Ensayo de una bibliografia comentada de manuales de artes, ciencias, oficios, costumbres publicas y privadas de España, # 72 (pp. 86-87).

Spanish leather. Condición: Good copy. ills Ilustrador. 2vols. 8vo. varias pp. 1 grabado en el frontis de cada volumen, 3 grabados fuera de texto. (18,5 x 13 cm.). PRIMERA EDICIÓN, muy rara (Palau). Esta obra comprende catorce disertaciones tomadas por El Barón de Juras Reales de las Cartas mejicanas de su tío, Benito María Moxó y de Francoli (176, 1816). Un preciado grupo de disertaciones sobre la historia y los nativos del Nuevo Mundo, escrita por Don Benito María Moxó, Arzobispo de Charcas, cuyas notas cayeron en las manos de su sobrino, y fueron impresas por el último bajo su propio nombre sin un suficiente reconocimiento. Juras Reales fue un oficial español que fue capturado por los Patriotas, y soportó seis años de encarcelamiento en América del Sur luego de la Revolución (Sabin). Hay cuantiosa información sobre los indios mexicanos, en particular sobre los Tarascanos, con secciones acerca de la música, la pintura, las costumbres, las prácticas religiosas, etc. El apéndice consiste en un discurso de Moxó de 1807 sobre las invasiones inglesas a Buenos Aires: Una fervorosa defensa de los indios y sus cualidades y de su antigua civilización. y, al mismo tiempo, justificación de la obra de España. Música, pinturas y costumbres de los Indios Mexicanos. First edition, muy rara (Palau). This work comprises fourteen disertaciones taken by El Baron de Juras Reales from Cartas mejicanas of his uncle, Benito Maria Moxó y de Francoli (1763,1816). A valuable set of dissertations upon the natives and history of the New World, written by Don Benito Maria de Moxó, Archbishop of Charcas, whose papers fell into the hands of his nephew, and were printed by the latter under his own name without sufficient acknowledgement. Juras Reales was a Spanish official who was captured byf the Patriots, and underwent six years imprisonment in South America aftenr the Revolution (Sabin). There is much information on the Mexican Indians, particularly the Tarascans, with sections on music, painting, customs, religious practices and so forth. The appendix consists of a speech made by Moxó in 1807 on the English invasion of Buenos Aires. Una fervorosa defensa de los indios y sus cualidades y de su antigua civilización. y, al mismo tiempo, justificación de la obra de España. Music, paintings & customs of the Mexican Indians.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condición: Very Good Condition. Second Edition. Original gray cloth, front hinge just starting, but sound overall. Light scattered foxing, otherwise unmarked internally. The second edition of a scarce dictionary and history of Gypsy culture and language. The bulk of the book is the dictionary translating Roma terms into Spanish. xxix, (3), 199pp Both the 1848 first edition and this second are scarce, especially in commerce. It was reprinted in 1980 and again in 2004. Size: 32mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 046882.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. ITINERARIO PARA PÁRROCOS DE INDIOS En Que Se Tratan Las Materias mas Particulares Tocantes a Ellos Para su BUENA ADMINISTRACIÓN. Compuesto por. SENOR DON ALONSO DE LA PEÑA MONTENEGRO, Obispo del Obispado de San Francisco de Quito. (PASTORS' GUIDE for the GOOD ADMINISTRATION of INDIANS. Composed by DON ALONSO DE LA PENA MONTENEGRO, Bishop of the Diocese of San Francisco de Quito.) EN MADRID: En la Oficina de Pedro Marin, 1771. Nueva Edicion, Purgada de Muchisimos Hierros (New Edition, Purged of Numerous Errors). TEXT IN SPANISH. VELLUM BOUND, limp vellum , five cord spine bands, manuscript title on spine (mostly faded), 8x12 inches (20cm x 30cm), Pagination: [2] blank free endpaper, [32], 612 pages. CONDITION: The vellum covers are soiled, darkened, rubbed, missing a half-dollar size piece at the upper rear corner, and well creased (as normal for limp vellum); nonetheless the vellum covers remain quite lovely in a Harry Potter Hogwarts' Library way. Internally, the front and rear inner hinges are split but holding with the cord binding; the bottom half of the last two leaves (pages 609/610 and 611/612) is roughly torn off; the rear free endpaper is lacking, and the rear pastedown is mostly lacking; there is chipping to the bottom corner of the first few pages, not affecting text; light foxing and some age spotting here and there throughout; otherwise the inner pages are nice, complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Contents: LIBRO PRIMERO En que se Trata de la Elección y Canónica Institución del Párroco, y de todas las demás obligaciones que tiene el Doctrinero. LIBRO SEGUNDO De la Naturaleza y costumbres de los indios. LIBRO TERCERO En que se Trata de los Sacramentos - del Bautismo, La Confirmación - Del dolor que es parte material del Sacramento de la Penitencia, De la Confesión, Del Confesor, De la Satisfacción Sacramental que es el tercer acto Penitente, Del Inefable Sacramento de la Eucaristía, Del Sacramento de la Extremaunción, Del Sacramento del Orden, Del Sacramento del Matrimonio, De los Grados de Consanguinidad, Afinidad, y Cognación Espiritual y Dispensación en ellos. LIBRO CUARTO De los Preceptos de la Iglesia y de la Ley Natural que deben Guardar los Indios . LIBRO QUINTO En que se Trata de los Privilegios que tienen los Señores Arzobispos y Obispos, los Regulares, y los Indios en estas partes. Y de los Visitadores y modo como se han de portar en las visitas de los Indios y sus Doctrineros. De la conciencia errónea muy ordinaria en los Indios, y de algunas cuestiones misceláneas. The Original Limp Vellum Binding makes this an especially attractive copy of this rare book.

hardcover. a few illus. 2 vols. thick 8vo, cont. 1/2 red morocco; (rubbed, foxing). Habana: La Discusion, 1916.

hardcover. Condición: good. de querer dexar la Ciudad de Mexico por pasar a la de Lima. Obra Jocosa y Divertida En que con salados conceptos se describen, ademas de otras cosas, las costumbres, usos y manas de las madamitas de alli, de aca y de otras partes. La da a luz Simon Ayanque [pseudonym]. xii, 192pp. 24mo, contemporary tree calf, leather spine label, gilt decorated spine, slight warp to upper 1/3 of spine and covers, edges of corners lightly worn and lightly bumped, spine ends and edges of covers rubbed, scattered light foxing, mostly to margins. Madrid: Imprenta de Villalpando, 1798. Esteban de Terralla y Landa was a Spanish poet who lived in Lima, Peru from 1787 to 1797. This work is a collection of satirical poems on the residents of Lima. Palau 330540. Sabin 94860. Goldsmiths-Kress 17286.1.