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1909réf. 224671909. Soldier Harold Howard's person documentaation of service in the 11th U.S. Cavalry during the period of American military occupation and intervention in Cuba following the Spanish American War. These photographs place an enlisted cavalryman within the broader framework of U.S. expansionist policy in the Caribbean under the Platt Amendment when American troops were repeatedly deployed to Cuba to oversee political stability infrastructure and economic interests. The archive includes identified images of Sgt. Harold Howard and captures both formal military organization and informal daily life offering a ground-level record of U.S. cavalry presence during a period of continued occupation and reintervention including the second U.S. occupation of Cuba from 1912 to 1913. Archive of nine vintage silver gelatin photographs ranging approximately from 3.5 x 5 inches to 10 x 13 inches many mounted to original photographer boards and some annotated in ink or pencil. Two large-format formal group portraits depict Troop K 11th U.S. Cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia 1913 showing soldiers in full dress uniform arranged in tiered formation with visible regimental flag marked "11" and "K" with Howard identified in one image. Smaller photographs include a group portrait of U.S. cavalrymen in Pinar del Río Cuba dated 1908 showing soldiers in campaign dress posed near a stable as well as candid camp scenes featuring cooking areas barracks life and assembled troops. Two photo postcards function as personal correspondence with handwritten messages from Howard dated April 1 and September 9 1913 addressed to Mrs. A. L. Howard in Maine referencing weather conditions and upcoming exhibition drills providing direct evidence of mobility and routine within cavalry service. Additional images include a cabinet card of two uniformed soldiers and a scene depicting Black Cuban civilians posed near a thatched structure situating U.S. military presence within local social environments. Taken together the archive documents the lived experience of a U.S. cavalryman operating within the infrastructure of American imperial policy in the Caribbean linking domestic military bases such as Fort Oglethorpe with overseas deployment in Cuba. The photographs record both the formal visual culture of the U.S. Army and the everyday conditions of enlisted service while the inclusion of Cuban subjects and locations underscores the entanglement of military occupation with local populations. General edge wear throughout with occasional pinholes adhesive remnants and minor chipping to mounts; some toning to boards. Photographs remain clear and stable with annotations legible. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1685réf. 37907Amsterdam, van Keulen (ca.1685). Altkolor. Kupferstichkarte im Format 51 x 58 cm. unter Passepartout. Gut erhalten.
1910réf. 55308Havana: American Photo Co. 1910. The Early American Presence at Guantanamo Bay An impressive view of sailors and marines from the United States' Atlantic Fleet assembled on the parade grounds of Deer Point Camp Guantanamo Bay. Well over five hundred officers seamen and marines are in formation with encampments on both sides of the grounds. In the background looking out into the harbor nineteen ships are visible in the water including the four listed on the photo: Minnesota New Hampshire Mississippi and Idaho. One camp building with a wide veranda is behind and to the left of the sailors. U.S. forces with their Cuban allies first occupied Guantanamo Bay in 1898 during the Spanish American War creating a forward-operating base in their effort to wrest Spanish control of the island. In 1903 the U.S. leased forty-five square miles of land and water at Guantanamo Bay from the newly-independent Cuban government and built the Deer Point Camp to support naval operations in the Caribbean. The American facilities at Guantanamo Bay are in use to this day. The American Photo Company advertised itself as "the best equipped commercial photographers in Cuba." It established a commercial network in Havana that distributed images of Cuba on a worldwide scale. This photo is rare. We found no records of it at auction and no copies in OCLC; however the Naval History and Heritage Command lists a copy in their collections. Panoramic photograph image 7¼ x 47¼ inches on sheet 10 x 49 inches. Printed caption title below image. Publisher and date written in negative at lower right corner; in the lower left corner is written: "#5 2d Regiment U.S. Atlantic Fleet Deer Point Camp Guantanamo Bay Feb. 13 1910. 'Minnesota' 'New Hampshire' 'Mississippi' 'Idaho.'" "Printed in Germany" printed below image at lower left. Some light soiling minor fading to right side of photo some rumpling from previous rolling. Very good. "US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Cuba" UA 571.45 copy of this image Washington Navy Yard D.C.: Naval History and Heritage Command Naval Heritage Foundation online. unknown
1910réf. 55308Havana: American Photo Co. 1910. The Early American Presence at Guantanamo Bay An impressive view of sailors and marines from the United States' Atlantic Fleet assembled on the parade grounds of Deer Point Camp Guantanamo Bay. Well over five hundred officers seamen and marines are in formation with encampments on both sides of the grounds. In the background looking out into the harbor nineteen ships are visible in the water including the four listed on the photo: Minnesota New Hampshire Mississippi and Idaho. One camp building with a wide veranda is behind and to the left of the sailors. U.S. forces with their Cuban allies first occupied Guantanamo Bay in 1898 during the Spanish American War creating a forward-operating base in their effort to wrest Spanish control of the island. In 1903 the U.S. leased forty-five square miles of land and water at Guantanamo Bay from the newly-independent Cuban government and built the Deer Point Camp to support naval operations in the Caribbean. The American facilities at Guantanamo Bay are in use to this day. The American Photo Company advertised itself as "the best equipped commercial photographers in Cuba." It established a commercial network in Havana that distributed images of Cuba on a worldwide scale. This photo is rare. We found no records of it at auction and no copies in OCLC; however the Naval History and Heritage Command lists a copy in their collections. Panoramic photograph image 7¼ x 47¼ inches on sheet 10 x 49 inches. Printed caption title below image. Publisher and date written in negative at lower right corner; in the lower left corner is written: "#5 2d Regiment U.S. Atlantic Fleet Deer Point Camp Guantanamo Bay Feb. 13 1910. 'Minnesota' 'New Hampshire' 'Mississippi' 'Idaho.'" "Printed in Germany" printed below image at lower left. Some light soiling minor fading to right side of photo some rumpling from previous rolling. Very good. "US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Cuba" UA 571.45 copy of this image Washington Navy Yard D.C.: Naval History and Heritage Command Naval Heritage Foundation online. unknown books
1901réf. 3191Havana 1901. About very good. Broadside 12.5 x 9 inches. Light wear and soiling. Backed with tissue. Broadside outlining the celebrations planned for the adoption of the Cuban Constitution of 1901 following the eviction of both Spain and the United States from the country. Four days of celebrations were planned for May 19 20 21 and 22. Events including the singing of the National Anthem orchestral concerts fireworks dancing and other diversions. We find no record of this broadside in OCLC. An ephemeral piece commemorating Cuban independence. unknown
1901réf. 3191Havana 1901. About very good. Broadside 12.5 x 9 inches. Light wear and soiling. Backed with tissue. Broadside outlining the celebrations planned for the adoption of the Cuban Constitution of 1901 following the eviction of both Spain and the United States from the country. Four days of celebrations were planned for May 19 20 21 and 22. Events including the singing of the National Anthem orchestral concerts fireworks dancing and other diversions. We find no record of this broadside in OCLC. An ephemeral piece commemorating Cuban independence. unknown books
1845réf. 5307Havana: Imprenta del Gobierno y Capitania General por S.M. 1845. Good. 684pp. Disbound. Some insect damage to gutter of title page ample staining throughout mostly minor foxing. A very rare mid-19th century Cuban imprint translating into Spanish a work by German philosophical historian Wilhelm Gottlieb Tennemann entitled Manual of the History of Philosophy. Tennemann originally published the work in 1812 as a much-abridged history of philosophy after authoring a massive multi-volume work on the subject. According to the translator's note at the beginning of the text the present work was produced in order to provide a text in Spanish for those studying the history of philosophy "at the Royal Academy and in the private schools of the island of Puerto Rico." The translator also notes that the history of philosophy is "one of the subjects.of the general plan of education that must be taught." The work itself is organized as a series of lectures detailing the history of philosophy chronologically from ancient Eastern and Egyptian times through the Greeks Pythagoras Socrates Plato Aristotle and many others concluding with modern thinkers such as Descartes Espinosa Hume Kant Hegel and others. The work ends with an Index and an Errata page. "Wilhelm Gottlieb Tennemann 1761–1819 German historian of philosophy was born at Erfurt. Educated at his native town he became lecturer on the history of philosophy at Jena in 1788. Ten years later he became professor at the same university where he remained till 1804. His great work is an eleven-volume history of philosophy which he began at Jena and finished at Marburg where he was professor of philosophy from 1804 till his death. He was one of the numerous German philosophers who accepted the Kantian theory as a revelation. In 1812 he published a shorter history of philosophy which was translated into English in 1852 under the title Manual of the History of Philosophy" - Encyclopedia Britannica. No copies located in the United States. Three copies found in OCLC -- two in Chile and one in Spain. Imprenta del Gobierno y Capitania General por S.M. unknown
1845réf. 5307Havana: Imprenta del Gobierno y Capitania General por S.M. 1845. Good. 684pp. Disbound. Some insect damage to gutter of title page ample staining throughout mostly minor foxing. A very rare mid-19th century Cuban imprint translating into Spanish a work by German philosophical historian Wilhelm Gottlieb Tennemann entitled Manual of the History of Philosophy. Tennemann originally published the work in 1812 as a much-abridged history of philosophy after authoring a massive multi-volume work on the subject. According to the translator's note at the beginning of the text the present work was produced in order to provide a text in Spanish for those studying the history of philosophy "at the Royal Academy and in the private schools of the island of Puerto Rico." The translator also notes that the history of philosophy is "one of the subjects.of the general plan of education that must be taught." The work itself is organized as a series of lectures detailing the history of philosophy chronologically from ancient Eastern and Egyptian times through the Greeks Pythagoras Socrates Plato Aristotle and many others concluding with modern thinkers such as Descartes Espinosa Hume Kant Hegel and others. The work ends with an Index and an Errata page. "Wilhelm Gottlieb Tennemann 1761–1819 German historian of philosophy was born at Erfurt. Educated at his native town he became lecturer on the history of philosophy at Jena in 1788. Ten years later he became professor at the same university where he remained till 1804. His great work is an eleven-volume history of philosophy which he began at Jena and finished at Marburg where he was professor of philosophy from 1804 till his death. He was one of the numerous German philosophers who accepted the Kantian theory as a revelation. In 1812 he published a shorter history of philosophy which was translated into English in 1852 under the title Manual of the History of Philosophy" - Encyclopedia Britannica. No copies located in the United States. Three copies found in OCLC -- two in Chile and one in Spain. Imprenta del Gobierno y Capitania General por S.M. unknown books
1903réf. 6457V.p. 1903. 36 postcards all completed in manuscript generally very good or better with some wear and rounded corners. A fascinating assemblage of cards written by Pre-Castro intellectuals to a Maria de Serra though a few are written to other women. It is difficult to pin down de Serra though we do know she was highly educated and very well-known and connected. It makes sense to us that she is perhaps the Maria de Serra mentioned by William Wells Brown in his important work The Rising Son or the Antecedents and advancement of the Colored Race 1874. On pg 260 Brown writes: "The free blacks in Cuba form an important element in her population and these people are found in all the professions and trades. .one of the best young ladies' academies at present existing at Havana is personally conducted by an accomplished negro woman Maria de Serra to whom many a lady of high rank owes her social and intellectual accomplishments." Further research may be fruitful in retrieving more information on this Maria de Serra. It goes without saying that the sentiments and signatures are the most appealing part of this collection. Many of the cards appear to contain original verse and all are quite legible and well preserved. Equally as lovely are the cards themselves many being of exceptional beauty as they were all chosen by artists and intellectuals. All in all a remarkable set worthy of further research. The correspondents are as follows: Diego Vicente Tejera; one of the most famous turn-of-the-century Cuban poets but also known as a short story writer orator and political activists. Nestor Cargonell; famous poet and writer. His son went on to become a Hollywood star. Conde Kostia pseudonym of Aniceto Valdivia; writer journalist poet critic lecturer dramatist founder of newspapers and Cuban diplomat. Rafael Maria Merchain; very influential poet and philosopher Enrique Fontanills; very prominent Cuban journalist. Florimel: great Cuban journalist writer and poet who died early in life. Manuel Raul Blanco Belmonte; Cuban poet. Ramon Meza; One of the most important Cuban writers of his time. Many of his books are considered classics and remain in print. Aurelio Cancio; Cuban journalist who founded "La Discusion" newspaper. Manuel Serafin Pichardo; one of the most popular Cuban poet of the 1900s. Frederico Mendes Cobos; a Cuban politician who became a a senator in 1902. Juan Maria Alberti: influential Cuban politician. Manuel Marquez Sterling; fine writer and politician. Jose Manuel Govin; journalist and director of the popular newspaper "El Munto" Cesar Cancio; Very popular Cuban poet born in St Spiritus. Pablo Bonachea; great Cuban journalist and director of "La Discussion" newspaper for one year. Jose Ernesto Trian; Cuban writer with political connections. Was ambassador to Venezuela. Manuel Tierso; Romantic Cuban poet Alvaro de la Iglesia. revered Cuban writer who penned the great "Cuban Traditions" Frederico Ledesma Balsunde: journalist and editor at "El Lucero." Fabio Fiallo; a leading Dominican writer poet and politician. He died in Cuba. Dulce Maria Borrero de Lujan; the most important Cuban woman writer and poet of her time. Frederico Hermida; author of any Cuban novels in the 1900s. Mariana Comas; Cuban essayist Joaquin Lopez Sena; renown Cuban poet and a politician from the 1900s to the 1920s. Eliseo Giberga; a very powerful and influential Cuban politician of the early 1900s. Manuek Coronado; an important Cuban journalist. Antonio San Miguel; Cuban writer and journalist. Pablo Santi Rois; Poet and respected journalist. Armando Celorio; One of the finest Cuban poets. Jose Maria Carbonell; famous Cuban poet and writer. Marcos Trazivark; famous Cuban writer and Musician. Esteban Joven; Cuban writer poet and essayist. Narciso de Puso; famous poet well entrenched in Cuban high society. Eduardo Mencis Capote; Cuban journalist popular among the elite. Lorenzo Frau Marsal; respected Cuban journalist . unknown
1903réf. 6457V.p. 1903. 36 postcards all completed in manuscript generally very good or better with some wear and rounded corners. A fascinating assemblage of cards written by Pre-Castro intellectuals to a Maria de Serra though a few are written to other women. It is difficult to pin down de Serra though we do know she was highly educated and very well-known and connected. It makes sense to us that she is perhaps the Maria de Serra mentioned by William Wells Brown in his important work The Rising Son or the Antecedents and advancement of the Colored Race 1874. On pg 260 Brown writes: "The free blacks in Cuba form an important element in her population and these people are found in all the professions and trades. .one of the best young ladies' academies at present existing at Havana is personally conducted by an accomplished negro woman Maria de Serra to whom many a lady of high rank owes her social and intellectual accomplishments." Further research may be fruitful in retrieving more information on this Maria de Serra. It goes without saying that the sentiments and signatures are the most appealing part of this collection. Many of the cards appear to contain original verse and all are quite legible and well preserved. Equally as lovely are the cards themselves many being of exceptional beauty as they were all chosen by artists and intellectuals. All in all a remarkable set worthy of further research. The correspondents are as follows: Diego Vicente Tejera; one of the most famous turn-of-the-century Cuban poets but also known as a short story writer orator and political activists. Nestor Cargonell; famous poet and writer. His son went on to become a Hollywood star. Conde Kostia pseudonym of Aniceto Valdivia; writer journalist poet critic lecturer dramatist founder of newspapers and Cuban diplomat. Rafael Maria Merchain; very influential poet and philosopher Enrique Fontanills; very prominent Cuban journalist. Florimel: great Cuban journalist writer and poet who died early in life. Manuel Raul Blanco Belmonte; Cuban poet. Ramon Meza; One of the most important Cuban writers of his time. Many of his books are considered classics and remain in print. Aurelio Cancio; Cuban journalist who founded "La Discusion" newspaper. Manuel Serafin Pichardo; one of the most popular Cuban poet of the 1900s. Frederico Mendes Cobos; a Cuban politician who became a a senator in 1902. Juan Maria Alberti: influential Cuban politician. Manuel Marquez Sterling; fine writer and politician. Jose Manuel Govin; journalist and director of the popular newspaper "El Munto" Cesar Cancio; Very popular Cuban poet born in St Spiritus. Pablo Bonachea; great Cuban journalist and director of "La Discussion" newspaper for one year. Jose Ernesto Trian; Cuban writer with political connections. Was ambassador to Venezuela. Manuel Tierso; Romantic Cuban poet Alvaro de la Iglesia. revered Cuban writer who penned the great "Cuban Traditions" Frederico Ledesma Balsunde: journalist and editor at "El Lucero." Fabio Fiallo; a leading Dominican writer poet and politician. He died in Cuba. Dulce Maria Borrero de Lujan; the most important Cuban woman writer and poet of her time. Frederico Hermida; author of any Cuban novels in the 1900s. Mariana Comas; Cuban essayist Joaquin Lopez Sena; renown Cuban poet and a politician from the 1900s to the 1920s. Eliseo Giberga; a very powerful and influential Cuban politician of the early 1900s. Manuek Coronado; an important Cuban journalist. Antonio San Miguel; Cuban writer and journalist. Pablo Santi Rois; Poet and respected journalist. Armando Celorio; One of the finest Cuban poets. Jose Maria Carbonell; famous Cuban poet and writer. Marcos Trazivark; famous Cuban writer and Musician. Esteban Joven; Cuban writer poet and essayist. Narciso de Puso; famous poet well entrenched in Cuban high society. Eduardo Mencis Capote; Cuban journalist popular among the elite. Lorenzo Frau Marsal; respected Cuban journalist . unknown books
1838réf. 5957Sancti Spiritus 1838. Good plus. Broadside measuring 12.5 x 17.5 inches. Previously folded. Light wear to edges and along old fold lines with a few small chips at edges. Moderate toning and soiling. An unrecorded broadside that prints statistics relating to agricultural production for the region of Sancti Spiritus in central Cuba during the late 1830s. For each municipality the broadside prints the number of property owners; ranches; land-grant farms; slaves; white employees; animals including mules donkeys cows and sheep; distances to transport and shipping hubs; and several other figures. In the bottom third of the broadside are printed the census figures from 1836 with the population totaling just over 40000 people and split into Black and white groups. Rather pointedly the figures for the white population are divided by gender while the figures for the Black population are divided by status free or slave. A very interesting statistical snapshot of a smaller rural region in colonial Cuba in 1838. Not in OCLC. unknown
1838réf. 5957Sancti Spiritus 1838. Good plus. Broadside measuring 12.5 x 17.5 inches. Previously folded. Light wear to edges and along old fold lines with a few small chips at edges. Moderate toning and soiling. An unrecorded broadside that prints statistics relating to agricultural production for the region of Sancti Spiritus in central Cuba during the late 1830s. For each municipality the broadside prints the number of property owners; ranches; land-grant farms; slaves; white employees; animals including mules donkeys cows and sheep; distances to transport and shipping hubs; and several other figures. In the bottom third of the broadside are printed the census figures from 1836 with the population totaling just over 40000 people and split into Black and white groups. Rather pointedly the figures for the white population are divided by gender while the figures for the Black population are divided by status free or slave. A very interesting statistical snapshot of a smaller rural region in colonial Cuba in 1838. Not in OCLC. unknown books
1856réf. 0006868New York: D. Appleton 1856. First edition. Hardcover. fine. 12mo xii 412 pages original light brown embossed cloth. These observations are related in a series of 61 letters. These were originally composed in Spanish then translated into English by Joseito. "I have thereby been enabled to impart entirely new data and reliable information instead of merely copying from books already known. . I applied myself to natives who besides an intimate knowledge of affairs in general possessed a sound judgment and an investigating disposition. It has beeen indeed a very happy incident to have found them. . That part of my work which treats on judicial matters and the secrets of the management of the tribunals will especially attract the attention of my readers. - Introductory Letter." Sabin 17816; Treiles BIBLIO. CUBANA vo. 4 p.17. D. Appleton hardcover
1584réf. 53607Antwerpen, Plantin 1584. Orig.- Altkolor. Kupferstichkarte 36 x 50 cm. (Blattgröße 54 x 56 cm.) Unter Passepartout. Gleichmäßige Papierbräunung. Gut erhalten.
1908réf. ZB573260Habana: Rambla y Bouza printers last two volumes with libreria 1908-1919. 40 volumes all issued; text browning especially at margins needs rebinding. - 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. Habana: Rambla y Bouza, printers last two volumes with libreria unknown
1930réf. RF 56517 original photos from La Habana. 8vo. 17 photographs from Havana. Photographs are 17.5 cm x 12.5 cm. Each photograph bears an ink handwritten description across the top: Prado & Morro Castle; Havana Skyline; Prado & Capitol; Residential Palace; El Morro no inscription; Race Track Havana; Prado from the Capitol; Prado from the Capitol another view Maine Monument; Capitol Grounds; Tropical Beer Garden; Main Monument & National Hotel Havana; Race Track another view; National Theatre and Capitol. Set of photographs of Havana from the 1920s 1930s. The inscriptions on each photograph are in English. Unidentified photographer. Interesting Cuban photographici conography. O02G000074 RF 565 X99X001603
réf. 8028Ao.J. Pressefoto. 20 x 15 cm.
1853réf. 54601Havana. 1853. Writing Home from Havana An attractive Cuban pictorial lettersheet with a neatly executed third-page lithograph illustration of the port of Havana. The image depicts several small boats rowing barrels to and from a loading dock. In another small boat a plantation owner or some form of dignitary is being rowed to shore by a crew of men. On the right side of the image several larger ships lie at anchor and in the background on the shore is the fort guarding the mouth of the harbor the Morro Castle. The sheet is filled out by a man named Juan Fabre writing to his parents on Jan. 2 1853 advising them of his safe arrival in Havana. He talks about meeting up with a relative that he had not seen in two years and working at a shoe shop with another relative who adds a brief post script on the verso of the second leaf. Pictorial lettersheets of Cuba are quite rare on the market. Previously folded. Some chipping at fore-edge slightly affecting text. Light dampstaining and tanning. About very good. unknown
1853réf. 54601Havana. 1853. Writing Home from Havana An attractive Cuban pictorial lettersheet with a neatly executed third-page lithograph illustration of the port of Havana. The image depicts several small boats rowing barrels to and from a loading dock. In another small boat a plantation owner or some form of dignitary is being rowed to shore by a crew of men. On the right side of the image several larger ships lie at anchor and in the background on the shore is the fort guarding the mouth of the harbor the Morro Castle. The sheet is filled out by a man named Juan Fabre writing to his parents on Jan. 2 1853 advising them of his safe arrival in Havana. He talks about meeting up with a relative that he had not seen in two years and working at a shoe shop with another relative who adds a brief post script on the verso of the second leaf. Pictorial lettersheets of Cuba are quite rare on the market. Previously folded. Some chipping at fore-edge slightly affecting text. Light dampstaining and tanning. About very good. unknown books
1857réf. 4502Havana 1857. Good plus. Small broadside form approximately 8.5 x 12.5 inches. Previously folded with some separation and minor loss along vertical fold. Completed in manuscript with additional manuscript docketing on blank verso. Ink burn causing additional minor loss in a few small areas. Light edge wear; some staining and offsetting; light tanning. A 19-century Cuban identification form known as a cedula filled out in manuscript to authorize the travel of an Asian indentured servant between plantations in early May 1857. The document was completed for a twenty-six-year-old Asian fieldhand named Chan who had signed a contract to work for one Gallego Toriceo to be transferred to the premises of "P. Soler y Compañia." Printed at the left and right edges are nine articles from an 1855 decree that outline the regulations for issuing and keeping such documents including the following: "Estas cédulas servirán de documentos de seguridad y además de licencias de transito para los colonos que se trasladen de un punto á otro de la Isla. Los patronos respectivos cuidarán de que los colonos no emprendan el viage sin licencia expresa suya que haràn constar al pié de la cedula. Si algun colono fuere hallado sin cédula deberá ser detenido y puesto à disposicion del Gobernador ó Capitan del partido mas inmediato e cual dará conocimiento al patrono dentro de segundo dia." On the otherwise blank verso is additional contemporary manuscript docketing concerning the transfer of the cedula and therefore the laborer concerned to the receiver located in Matanzas. A very interesting document of the bureaucracy and control of indentured servitude in Cuba during the mid-19th century. unknown
1857réf. 4502Havana 1857. Good plus. Small broadside form approximately 8.5 x 12.5 inches. Previously folded with some separation and minor loss along vertical fold. Completed in manuscript with additional manuscript docketing on blank verso. Ink burn causing additional minor loss in a few small areas. Light edge wear; some staining and offsetting; light tanning. A 19-century Cuban identification form known as a cedula filled out in manuscript to authorize the travel of an Asian indentured servant between plantations in early May 1857. The document was completed for a twenty-six-year-old Asian fieldhand named Chan who had signed a contract to work for one Gallego Toriceo to be transferred to the premises of "P. Soler y Compañia." Printed at the left and right edges are nine articles from an 1855 decree that outline the regulations for issuing and keeping such documents including the following: "Estas cédulas servirán de documentos de seguridad y además de licencias de transito para los colonos que se trasladen de un punto á otro de la Isla. Los patronos respectivos cuidarán de que los colonos no emprendan el viage sin licencia expresa suya que haràn constar al pié de la cedula. Si algun colono fuere hallado sin cédula deberá ser detenido y puesto à disposicion del Gobernador ó Capitan del partido mas inmediato e cual dará conocimiento al patrono dentro de segundo dia." On the otherwise blank verso is additional contemporary manuscript docketing concerning the transfer of the cedula and therefore the laborer concerned to the receiver located in Matanzas. A very interesting document of the bureaucracy and control of indentured servitude in Cuba during the mid-19th century. unknown books
1884réf. 1574Habana 1884. Good plus. 2496 i.e. 498pp. Quarto. Contemporary calf gilt a.e.g.; rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners repaired with later black buckram; boards scuffed spine chipped. Hinges cracked repaired with later cloth and renewed endpapers. Minor scattered foxing and toning to text. Accomplished in a neat highly legible hand. A very attractive manuscript translation into Spanish of Pierre Larousse's well-known work on eminent and historical personages Fleurs Historiques des Dames et des Gens du Monde in a contemporary Cuban gilt goatskin binding. The manuscript connects three figures in the upper social echelons of Cuban society. José Fernandez Pellon the scribe of this volume is recorded as the Grand Master of Cuba's freemasons lodge the Gran Logia Unida de Colón y la Isla de Cuba. The translator Aurelio Almeida helped to found the organization in 1875 and at this time served as the Lodge Secretary. The initials E.D. gilt at the foot of the spine and the dedicatory inscription "A Eugenia Desvernine" refer to Eugenia Desvernine y Galdós b. 1865 daughter of the famous Cuban pianist Pablo Desvernine and Carolina Galdós y Echániz. She was also the niece of Benito Pérez Galdós the Spanish realist novelist who some authorities consider only second in stature to Cervantes. A contemporary social register remarks that Eugenia was one of the most beautiful women in Cuba perhaps an inspiration for the painstaking production of this manuscript. The original work by Larousse was a loose collection of religious parables classical myths biographies of ancient and modern historical figures. The title of the manuscript advises that is an extract and in the brief introduction Almeida explains his selection process writing that "He suprimido algunos artículos sobre cosas muy sabidas de la historia sagrada; y otros sobre la de Francia que mencionan frases ó personas casi ninca citadas ó citades solamente por las escritores francesas." He also notes several alterations and additions more relevant to Spanish history saying "En Cambio he agregado algunos artículos sobre historia de España que no están en el original y he tomado unos pocos de otra obra del mismo Mr. Larousse y de libros diversos." The result is an original amalgam of biographies historical episodes and religious parables. Interestingly we find no recorded printed editions of Larousse's work in Spanish so that the present manuscript is also an entirely original work of translation. A fascinating product of the cultural interests and mores of Cuban high society near the end of the Spanish colonial period. unknown
1884réf. 1574Habana 1884. Good plus. 2496 i.e. 498pp. Quarto. Contemporary calf gilt a.e.g.; rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners repaired with later black buckram; boards scuffed spine chipped. Hinges cracked repaired with later cloth and renewed endpapers. Minor scattered foxing and toning to text. Accomplished in a neat highly legible hand. A very attractive manuscript translation into Spanish of Pierre Larousse's well-known work on eminent and historical personages Fleurs Historiques des Dames et des Gens du Monde in a contemporary Cuban gilt goatskin binding. The manuscript connects three figures in the upper social echelons of Cuban society. José Fernandez Pellon the scribe of this volume is recorded as the Grand Master of Cuba's freemasons lodge the Gran Logia Unida de Colón y la Isla de Cuba. The translator Aurelio Almeida helped to found the organization in 1875 and at this time served as the Lodge Secretary. The initials E.D. gilt at the foot of the spine and the dedicatory inscription "A Eugenia Desvernine" refer to Eugenia Desvernine y Galdós b. 1865 daughter of the famous Cuban pianist Pablo Desvernine and Carolina Galdós y Echániz. She was also the niece of Benito Pérez Galdós the Spanish realist novelist who some authorities consider only second in stature to Cervantes. A contemporary social register remarks that Eugenia was one of the most beautiful women in Cuba perhaps an inspiration for the painstaking production of this manuscript. The original work by Larousse was a loose collection of religious parables classical myths biographies of ancient and modern historical figures. The title of the manuscript advises that is an extract and in the brief introduction Almeida explains his selection process writing that "He suprimido algunos artículos sobre cosas muy sabidas de la historia sagrada; y otros sobre la de Francia que mencionan frases ó personas casi ninca citadas ó citades solamente por las escritores francesas." He also notes several alterations and additions more relevant to Spanish history saying "En Cambio he agregado algunos artículos sobre historia de España que no están en el original y he tomado unos pocos de otra obra del mismo Mr. Larousse y de libros diversos." The result is an original amalgam of biographies historical episodes and religious parables. Interestingly we find no recorded printed editions of Larousse's work in Spanish so that the present manuscript is also an entirely original work of translation. A fascinating product of the cultural interests and mores of Cuban high society near the end of the Spanish colonial period. unknown books
1813réf. 46892Havana. Sept. 20 1813. Early Havana Imprint A rare printed decree from Cuba at the beginning of the 19th century as Spanish power in the world was waning but Spain's grip on Cuba was still quite firm. This decree issued by the King on June 14 1813 and printed on September 20 announces new laws regarding the rights to vote and to be elected to hold government positions for professors and scholars from certain universities collegiums and seminars. The decree forbade these rights to the Knights of Justice of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem as well as members of the four military orders of Santiago Calatrava Alcantara and Montesa. It is endorsed in manuscript with the imprint and header also written in by hand. Early Caribbean imprints are rare. Folio. Old fold lines. Moderately chipped and worn at edges. Lightly and evenly toned. Contemporary manuscript notations. Good. unknown
1813réf. 46891Havana. Sept. 20 1813. Amnesty to Curry Favor A rare Havana imprint. As Spanish power in the New World was waning its grip on Cuba was threatened by domestic and foreign intruders. This decree issued by the Council of Regents "Cortes" standing in for Fernando VII on June 17 1813 and printed on September 20 orders the annulment of all criminal cases. This amnesty policy extended to other areas of New Spain as well sought to placate opposition forces. It calls on all levels of government to announce and enforce the decree. It is endorsed in manuscript. Folio. Old fold lines. Moderately chipped and worn at edges. Evenly toned. Contemporary manuscript notations. Good. unknown
