Lima: Imprenta Real de los Ninos Expositos, 1793. [6],175,[1]pp. 20th-century library cloth, original decorative wrappers bound in. Modest library bookplate, stamped withdrawn. Minor chips and dust soiling to wraps. Light, small dampstains to initial leaves, otherwise internally clean. Interesting production of the Lima "Niños Expositos" press, regarding the complications surrounding..... More

[Valparaiso & Santiago: 1829-1831]. [31]pp. Varying size sheets, but mostly small folio. Two sections of material sewn and bradded together. Moderate wear at edges. Scattered contemporary ink stamps. Some tanning and occasional soiling. In Spanish and French; accomplished in several, mostly legible hands. An interesting group of documents that provide..... More

Bogota: 1871. 45pp. 12mo. Contemporary purple quarter cloth and marbled boards, gilt initials on front cover. Light wear, spine sun faded. Contemporary ownership inscription on verso of title page. Text lightly toned. "Edicion oficial revisada por una comision de la Camara de Representantes, compuesta de un miembro por cada estado."..... More

[Bogota]: Imp. de la República; por Nicomedes Loro, 1826. [2],55pp. Disbound. Light toning and dust soiling, heavier to outer leaves. Simon Bolivar and his Vice President Francisco Santander attempt to bring up to date the Colombian Congress on the country's debt crisis in 1826. In that year, the country defaulted..... More

Medellin: Manuel Maria Viller Calderon, 1822. [4]pp., on a bifolium. Folio. Previously folded. Light wear at edges. Four small worm holes, of which two in text and slightly affecting a few letters. Minor foxing and soiling. A decree dated September 21, 1821, and first promulgated at Rosario de Cúcuta that..... More

[Bogotá]: Imprenta de Nicolas Gomez, [1853]. 24pp. Original plain wrappers. Light wear at edges, some bumping at corners. Moderate dust soiling and toning. Following charges of fraud, the winners of of the 1853 election in the Colombian province of Neiva published this scarce pamphlet that contains numerous public and private..... More

Bogota: Imprenta de la Republica por Nocomedes Lora, 1825. [2],41pp. Original, printed self-wrappers. Light soiling to wraps. A few scattered fox marks and light toning. Colombian Vice President Francisco de Santander reports to congress on the successful conclusion of a desperately needed loan from bankers in England. This work contains..... More

Popayan: Bruno Ortiz, 1852. Broadsheet, approximately 18 x 13.5 inches. Removed from a bound volume. Minor loss at upper right corner, not affecting text. Light tanning. An unrecorded broadsheet from Popayan that discusses the disarray amongst the Rojos and Conservadores, rival factions in the turbulent politics of Colombia during the..... More

[Bogotá: 1863]. Small broadside, 8.75 x 5.25 inches. Small, closed tear at lower left. The author, Manuel Fernandez Saavedra, denounces the Bishop of Bogotá for claiming that the Colombian constitution ironed out at the convention of Rio Negro as "atheistic." Not in OCLC. More

Bogota: Imprenta del Neo-granadino, 1855. 17pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Mild dust soiling and dampstaining to wraps. Light biopredation at upper left corner and pin-sized wormhole at right margin, neither affecting text. Occasional faint foxing and minor soiling internally. A rare pamphlet that prints a plea for clemency..... More

Medellin: Imprenta de Manuel Antonio Balcazar, 1838. 24pp. Stitched as issued. Dust soiling and toning. The author of this scarce pamphlet, Francisco Obregon, was the governor of the Colombian province of Antioquia. Here he attempts to justify and to explain the "intervencion i procedimientos de los funcionarios del order ejecutivo..... More

Bogotá: Imprenta del Neo-Granadino, 1854. 124,[2]pp. Original printed wrapper, stitched. Minor creasing and dust soiling. Light tanning. Scarce, mid-19th-century report on the Republic of Ecuador from a Colombian perspective. Ecuador during this period was under the liberal, anticlerical regime of General José María Urbina, and was dogged by strife between..... More

[Pasto]: José M. Dorado, [1860]. Broadside, approximately 12.5 9 inches. Previously folded. Right edge somewhat ragged; light creasing. Light tanning. The Intendente de Hacienda of the Colombian state of Cauca, José Francisco Zamara, resigns to take up arms against the revolt of Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera in 1860. His opinion..... More