(ECUADOR) [Rocafuerte Vicente] Ideas necesarias á todo puebl

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(ECUADOR.) [Rocafuerte, Vicente.] Ideas necesarias á todo pueblo americano independiente, que quiera ser libre. 194 pages. 16mo, early 1/4 calf, moderate wear; early Mexican binder's tag in front pastedown. Philadelphia [or Havana?]: D. Huntington, 1821

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first edition, apparently, though the British Library holds a 180-page copy which may be a variant issue. Written by a noted Ecuadorian patriot while in exile in Philadelphia, this work explicitly links the American Revolution with the struggles for independence in Latin America. The title translates to "Necessary Ideas for any Independent American People, who Wants to be Free." It begins with a 21-page essay by Rocafuerte, but the bulk of the book is devoted to Spanish translations of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation and Constitution, an address by John Adams, and perhaps the first translation of Thomas Paine's Common Sense into Spanish ("Sentido Comun"). An early American Spanish-language imprint. Palau 117935; Bachiller y Morales, page 53 (states that although the imprint reads Philadelphia, it was printed in Havana); Sabin 72275; Shaw & Shoemaker 6659. None traced at auction, though one was offered by dealer Lathrop Harper in 1965.