(MEXICAN IMPRINT 1810) Ferdinand VII King of Spain Mexican

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1810.) Ferdinand VII, King of Spain. Mexican printing of the King's appeal for help against France. Letterpress broadside, 28 1/2 x 17 inches, printed on 3 conjoined sheets of mixed paper (the top sheet sealed), signed in type by Francisco Xavier Venégas de Saavedra as viceroy with his manuscript paraph, and in manuscript by secretary José Ignacio Negreros y Soria; minor wear on top edge including short repaired tears. Mexico, 22 September 1810

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King Ferdinand issued this appeal to unite against Bonaparte's army on 5 May 1810. By the time it reached New Spain, the Viceroy had more immediate problems to worry about; the Hidalgo revolt had begun just 6 days before this broadside was printed. It begins "Don Francisco Xavier Venegas de Saavedra. . . . Intimamente persuadido el Consejo Supremo de Regencia de España é Indias, de que en los fidelísimos habitantes de este Reyno ha de hallar los recursos necesarios para sostener la guerra más justa que se ha hecho desde la creación del mundo, como que tiene por objetos la defensa de la Religión santa que profesamos, la libertad de nuestro legítimo y verdadero Rey y Señor Don Fernando VII, y la salvación de la Patria." 3 examples in OCLC; we trace none sold at auction since 1981.