Buenos Aires: Imprenta de los Expósitos 1822. 5397pp. Nos. 1-23 plus supplement to No. 22 paged continuously. Quarto. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards spine gilt. Outer joints and corners worn. A few pencil annotations. Occasional minor foxing. A very good copy. An extremely rare copy of the complete first volume of the most important Argentinean periodical of the early independence period. Edited by Florencio Varela Juan Cruz Varela and Ignacio Núñez the issues include news miscellaneous notices and short literary pieces in verse and in prose. CENTINELA was published weekly and then biweekly in 1822 and 1823. The two years of the periodical consist of seventy-two numbers and three supplements. This first volume is complete with twenty-three numbers and one supplement. Extremely rare. OCLC records four copies at New York Public the John Carter Brown Library the British Library and the Ibero- Amerikanisches Institute in Germany. PALAU 51467. OCLC 50151967. Imprenta de los Expósitos hardcover books
Buenos Aires 1812. Broadside 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Small piece lacking from left corner of lower blank margin. Old library stamp on recto and verso. Minor dust soiling. Small repair in upper left corner slightly affecting text. Very good. A broadside decree by the royal government of Buenos Aires regarding the control and licensing of military arms designed to expose recondite caches of weapons. The decree came in the midst of a nine-month power struggle for control of Buenos Aires one that was lost by the government that issued the present broadside. Such Argentine imprints are extremely rare. Not on OCLC. unknown books
Buenos Aires 1805. 34pp. Folio. Dbd. Some tanning and dust soiling scattered light foxing. Very good. An early Buenos Aires imprint that conveys several royal decrees of the King of Spain Charles IV. These decrees were originally issued in September 1804 and govern the sale of religious works in the Spanish colonies and give instructions for compliance. A rare piece of South American printing not in OCLC. Medina claims to have owned a copy. MEDINA RIO DE LA PLATA 285. unknown books
Buenos Aires: R. Kratzenstein 1855. Lithographs on average 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches on slips of blue or white paper likely clipped from the top of pictorial letter sheets. Light edge wear. Very good. Matted. An attractive group of lithographic vignettes of scenes in and around Buenos Aires. These images were published by Rodolfo Kratzenstein who was one of the leading lithographers in Buenos Aires from the mid- 1850s and are likely from pictorial letter sheets issued by his firm in that period. One illustration shows a long stretch of the cityscape of Buenos Aires from the harbor and several ships are shown in the choppy waters of the port. Other images show the "Casa de Justicia" the courts and the "Palermo" neighborhood. Two other images one of them here in two examples show scenes in the countryside outside Buenos Aires both of them depicting men on horseback dealing with wagons in difficult terrain. Pictorial letter sheets from Argentina are uncommon and these are attractive images. R. Kratzenstein unknown books
Buenos Aires 1814. Broadsheet 12 x 7 1/2 inches. Red crayon numerical inscription in upper margin. Some chipping at edges not affecting text foxed. Good. An early piece of Buenos Aires printing. In 1814 troops from Argentina attempting to unite Uruguay and Rio Plata with Argentina invaded and seized Montevideo. This broadside announces a suspension of hostilities and mediation. The broadsheet is dated at Buenos Aires on May 1 1814 and is signed by Gervasio Antonio de Posadas. unknown books
Buenos Aires: Instituto de Investigaciones Historicas. 1924-1945. #22-24 26 29 31-35 37-52 54-104 all complete issues and volumes unbound and untrimmed as issued some paper covers lost most need to be rebound. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Buenos Aires: Instituto de Investigaciones Historicas. unknown
Mendoza, Tip. Bazar Madrileno, 1885. 4°. Con muchas tablas, en parte plegadas. VII, 226 p. Media encuadernación de tela. Tres estampillas a la portada. La portada y escasas páginas con puntos de oxido.
Buenos Aires: Imprenta Argentina 1826. 12pp. Small quarto. 20th-century three-quarter morocco over marbled boards spine gilt. Edges and spine lightly worn upper outer joint moderately worn. Contemporary number inscription in top margin of first page of text. Lower right corners of first two leaves chipped. Moderate age-toning and foxing. A good copy. An extremely rare tract concerning the development of the Argentine constitution in the early republican period of that nation. In April 1819 a constitution was approved establishing a congress with two legislative branches and an elected chief executive. Due to the local political situation however that constitution was not fully enacted. A new constitution promoting a centralized system of government was eventually drafted in 1826. This manifesto of the government's constitutional commission presented to the Argentine representatives reviews various aspects of the 1819 Constitution and proposes changes to be effected in the new document. <br> <br> An extremely rare publication concerned with the early constitutional period in Argentina. OCLC locates only a single copy in the national Library of Chile. PALAU 148972. OCLC 55255075. Imprenta Argentina hardcover books
Buenos Aires: Imprenta de la Independencia 1817. 11pp. with vignette on titlepage and official coat of arms on first page of text. Quarto. Half calf and marbled boards neatly rebacked. Two-page note regarding this publication by previous owner dated December 3 1966 on front free endpaper and front fly leaf. Contemporary ownership inscription on first page of text partially over coat of arms. Scattered foxing. A very good copy. A scarce manifesto issued by the Congress of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata during the latter part of the independence period in the region. The work serves as a justification for pursuing independence from Spain with much detail regarding injurious Spanish policies in the region. Dated October 25 1817 and signed in print at the end by Dr. Pedro Ignacio de Castro y Barros Palau notes the text was actually written by Dr. Pedro Medrano. A reply to this independence manifesto written by "un Americano del Sud" was published the following year by the Imprenta Real. OCLC 14930003 55265288. PALAU 148893. ZINNY 1817:24. Imprenta de la Independencia hardcover books
Buenos Aires 1847. 89pp. Plain paper wrappers stitched as issued. Minor soiling and wear. Very good plus. Message given to the Argentine legislature by the executive branch; it is signed in type at the end by Juan M. de Rosas Felipe Rana and Manuel Insiarte. De Rosas served as dictator and ruler of Argentina from 1835-1852 during the tumultuous years of civil war following independence. Only one copy in OCLC at the National Library of Chile. unknown books
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