Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 314

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
PERU'S FIRST PRESIDENT RETIRES FROM PUBLIC LIFE SAN MARTÍN, JOSÉ DE. Presencié la declaracion de la Independencia de los Estados de Chile y el Perú. Letterpress broadside, 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches; browned, uncut, mount remnant on one edge verso. Pueblo Libre [Lima], 20 September 1822
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The Argentine hero of the wars of independence, then serving as the first president of Peru, announces his retirement from public life. He concludes "Peruanos: os dejo establecida la Representacion Nacional, si depositais en ella una entera confianza, cantad el triunfo; si no, la anarquia os va adevorar," or "Peruvians, I leave you with established national representation. If you place in her your entire confidence, you will sing in triumph, otherwise anarchy will devour you." 2 copies in OCLC, and none known at auction.