Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 95

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(MEXICO.) Guerra, José [José Servando de Santa Teresa Mier]. Historia de la revolucion de Nueva España. [iii]-liii, 364, xiv, 2; [2], 365-777, xlvi, 6 pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, later 1/4 calf, minor wear, joints repaired; hinges split, minor foxing, lone wormhole in second volume; faint library stamps on title pages, Nicolás León and José Ramon de Velasco bookplates on front pastedowns. London: Glindon, 1813

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first edition. "Privately printed in London, to be circulated in Mexico, but the vessel in which nearly the whole of the impression was sent out, was lost, and the work is extremely scarce. The author was several times imprisoned by the Inquisition"--Sabin 55489. Palau 168487 ("su rareza").