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(PERU.) José Hipólito Unanúe. Guia política, eclesiástica y militar del Virreynato del Perú para el año de 1796. Folding map, 7 folding tables. [2], xii, [2], 323, [1] pages. Small 8vo, publisher's speckled calf, minor wear; short repair to map; edges tinted red; gift inscriptions and library markings as noted. [Lima]: Imprenta Real de los Niños Huérfanos, [1796]
One of a series of 5 annual guides to Peru's geography, church, and government, with the notable map by Andres Baleto and José Vazquez. Medina, Lima 1832; Palau 344279; Sabin 97718.
This copy bears a long and distinguished provenance: gift of Richard Coden to James Stuart, Lima, 1805; gift of James Stuart to the Salem East India Marine Society, 1806; the Society's 19th century bookplate on front pastedown; embossed stamp of their new name, the Essex Institute, on title page; 1967 release stamp on bookplate; gift inscription from George Goodspeed to noted binding collector Michael Papantonio.
