Sep 29, 2022 - Sale 2615

Sale 2615 - Lot 380

Price Realized: $ 1,000
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICO.) Extraordinario de ahora. Illustrated broadside, 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches; horizontal fold; modern private library bookplate on verso. With a partial translation. San Luis Potosí: Ventura Carrillo, 28 August 1847
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A pair of news dispatches written from San Miguel de Allende north of Mexico City, detailing the Mexican army's recent reverses, including the Battle of Churubusco. It mentions the battalion of primarily Irish-American deserters to the Mexican Army, the San Patricios, which made their last stand at this battle. One in OCLC (at Yale); not traced at auction or in Palau.