[Peru]. [Law]

Grito de la Justicia Deprimida [caption title]

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. Item #2505

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 sido la causa de los libelos famosos que corrieron ahora pocos meses en esta capital contra personas las mas notables de ella...." The rest of the bifolium gives an account of the convoluted events that apparently involve several episodes of clear libel by several individuals for which their victims are having difficulty in obtaining legal remedy, with the result that scandalous lies are now being spread with impunity. The author concludes by pleading for more swift, reliable justice and equality before the law from authorities in Arequipa:

"Si os mostrais débiles, y preferis la inaccion sereis indignos de los destinos que ocupais. Patriotas, y no patriotas todos son iguales ante la ley, y no debeis permitir nunca, que triunfe la impunidad: gloriaos en fin de padecer por la justicia, pues asi dais el debido lleno à vuestros cargos."

Surviving printing from Arequipa during this period is very scarce.

Price: $350.00