Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 206

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(GUATEMALA--1809.) Guatemala por Fernando Septimo, el dia 12 de Diciembre de 1808. Engraved hand-colored title page, 20 (of 21) plates. 166, 19, [3] pages. 8vo, later 1/4 calf, minor wear; title page foxed, a few plates slightly cropped or with short tears, lacking plate #17 (the folding plate) with facsimile laid in, dampstaining toward rear not affecting plates; early inscriptions on rear flyleaf. [Guatemala, 1809]

Additional Details

Prepared upon the ascension of Ferdinand VII to the Spanish throne, and documenting the celebrations in Guatemala in his honor. The plates were mostly by Guatemalan artists. Medina, Guatemala 1588; Palau 109493; Sabin 29081.