Lima: 1825. CXII,52,[3]pp. Original blue wrappers. Lightly worn, spine worn but sound. Minor foxing to title page, internally clean. The second edition of the first constitution of Peru, and the first to include the "Discurso con Que la Comision de Constitucion Presento el Proyecto de Ella al Congreso Constituyente." Peru..... More
Lima: April 24, 1811. Broadside, approximately 17 x 15.75 inches. Printed on two joined sheets. Some worming, affecting a few words of text; larger losses reinforced with tissue on blank verso. Light toning and scattered, small patches of staining. Contemporary manuscript rubric at foot. A scare, late Spanish colonial broadside..... More
[Lima and Callao, Peru: 1859-1861]. Thirteen autograph letters, signed, totaling twenty-six pages. Original mailing folds, minor wear, some fold separations and short tears to a few letters. An informative collection of manuscript letters sent back to the United States by John C. Valencia, a businessman working in Peru just before..... More
![Item #2505 Grito de la Justicia Deprimida [caption title]. Peru, Law](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB2505.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1643215314)
Arequipa: 1829. [4]pp., on a bifolium. Removed from a bound volume. A few small areas of worming, slightly affecting text. Light toning and scattered, faint foxing. An unrecorded and indignant diatribe concerning a mud-slinging match in the Peruvian town of Arequipa in the late 1820s, which begins, "Bien ruidosa ha..... More
[Various places in Peru: 1829-1830]. Seven broadsides and bifolia, totaling [14]pp., with each sheet measuring approximately 11.5 x 7.5 inches. Previously bound, with stabholes and residue at left margin. Moderate worming, affecting some text but not sense. Minor tanning and soiling. A group of seven highly ephemeral, and seemingly unrecorded..... More
Lima: [1804]. [66]pp. Small quarto. Contemporary limp vellum. Small library label at lower left front wrap; institutional bookplate and small ink stamp to front pastedown. Vellum lightly soiled and curled. Minor worming at lower right corner of text block, not affecting text. Otherwise, lighting soiling and toning internally. St. Peter..... More
[Lima: 1787]. [23]pp. Folio. Light soiling and minor wear. Small worm hole through lower center of text block, occasionally affecting a word. Accomplished in a neat, secretarial script. Certified copy of a document relating to 13,200 ducats due to the monks of the Escorial in Spain, promised to them in..... More
[Lima: 1824]. [2],71pp. Modern paper boards, printed spine label. Moderate tanning. Light worming to final leaves, repaired, slightly affecting text. Scarce printing of correspondence relating to the royalist military campaigns in Peru under Viceroy José de la Serna from the beginning of 1821 to early 1824. La Serna was installed..... More
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Lima: Fotografia Central Courret Hermanos, [ca. 1880]. Carte-de-visite photo, 4.25 x 2.75 inches. Minor soiling, pencil notation at foot of card. Handsome image of a young Peruvian woman in traditional dress. Pictured in three-quarter length, she holds a wide straw hat, a printed skirt peeking out of the bottom of..... More