(MEXICO) El observador de la República Mexicana

Sale 2517 - Lot 305

Price Realized: $ 375

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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

(MEXICO.) El observador de la República Mexicana. 402 pages plus a contents leaf. Volume III (9 issues in one volume). 8vo, modern 1/4 calf; minimal dampstaining from marbling, lone cello tape repair on page 249-250; marbled edges. México: Galván, 7 November 1827 to 2 January 1828

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The third and final volume of a weekly magazine. Each issue runs to 36 pages except for the 113-page #8, which is called a supplement. That issue is devoted to the treason trial against Luis Antepara following an attempted coup. Much of #3 is devoted to a botanical study of maguey and pulque (pages 86-108), and Simón Bolívar's difficulties in Gran Colombia are addressed on pages 125-135. None of any issue known at auction since Swann sold a run in its Parreño sale, 9 March 1978, lot 645.