(SANTIAGO 1819) [Egaña Juan] Cartas pehuenches ó correspond

Sale 2364 - Lot 509

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(SANTIAGO--1819.) [Egaña, Juan.] Cartas pehuenches ó correspondencia de dos indios naturales del Pire-mapu . . . el uno residente en Santiago, y el otro en las cordilleras pehuenches. 12 letters (complete), each from 6 to 12 pages. 4to, contemporary 1/2 calf gilt, moderate wear; Morse Code key in early manuscript on front endpapers; unsightly collector's inked stamps on first two leaves and elsewhere, some partly erased. Santiago, Imprenta de Gobierno, 1819

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A philosophical dialogue in support of Chilean independence between two fictional Araucanian Indians, written by a leading Chilean intellectual. See Earle,"The Return of the Native: Indians and Myth-Making in Spanish America," page 30. None traced at auction.