(MEXICAN IMPRINT 1812) El amigo de la patria Obra periódica

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1812.) El amigo de la patria. Obra periódica. 26 issues in one volume. [2], 9, 415 pages. 8vo, contemporary tree calf, minor wear; leaf 268-269 defective and 270-271 with repaired closed tear; collector's inked pictorial stamp over most mastheads. Mexico: María Fernandez de Jáuregui, circa October 1812 to 30 April 1813

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A controversial journal in support of the Viceroy; the essay comprising issue #11 is titled "Imposibilidad de la independencia de la America." "An important journal for the history of America"--Sabin 48269. Medina, Mexico 10698, crediting most of the essays to Ramón Roca and Florencio Pérez Comoto; Palau 11217. Includes a collective title page and prospectus. Issue #11 is only 8 rather than 16 pages, and pages 169-176 are skipped in the pagination, so that issue may be incomplete. None others traced at auction since 1986.