Apr 07, 2022 - Sale 2600

Sale 2600 - Lot 319

Price Realized: $ 344
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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(MEXICO--HISTORY.) Tactica de la caballería, escrita para su uso, y dedicada al exercito megicano. 2 plates, numerous text illustrations. iv, 44, 46 pages. 12mo, modern vellum, quite bowed; minor worming and foxing; early military owner's inscription on verso of second plate. London, 1823
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This manual was issued shortly after Mexico won its independence in 1821, but still faced efforts by Spain to recapture its lost territory. The authorship of this British-printed cavalry manual for Mexican use is generally ascribed to the British soldier of fortune Arthur Goodall Wavell, who had served as a general in the army of independence. 2 in OCLC, one in England and the other in Chile; none traced at auction.