Sep 29, 2022 - Sale 2615

Sale 2615 - Lot 375

Price Realized: $ 1,625
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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(MEXICO.) Carlos María de Bustamante. Galeria de antiguos principes mejicanos, dedicada a la suprema potestad nacional. 30, 21, [1] pages. 2 parts, with separate title pages. 4to, disbound; minor dampstaining, second part tightly trimmed. Puebla: Gobierno Imperial, 1821
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A biographical compendium of the Toltec and Aztec emperors. In the wake of Mexican independence, it places the new government as their heirs. It concludes with a short sonnet. The following year, President Iturbide was declared Emperor. On the verso of the title page, an early owner has listed Iturbide's five sons, to establish a monarchic succession. None traced at auction; not in Medina's Puebla. Palau 37711.

WITH--3 other shorter disbound 4to works also published in Puebla in 1821, none of them in Medina.

"Representacion al futuro congreso representativo un ciudadano de la Puebla." 4 pages; last leaf defective.

"Para esta se hiso la Imprenta." 4 pages; minor worming and dampstaining.

"Carta del Poblano a un Mejicano." 4 pages.