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(ARGENTINA.) Dobrizhoffer, Martin.
Historia de abiponibus equestri, belli-
cosaque paraquariae natione.
2 maps, 5 (of 6) plates, folding table. [24], 476; 499; 424,
[12] pages. 3 volumes. 8vo, later polished calf gilt by Hayday, minor wear; lacking the plate
of fishes facing I:366, toning, minimal dampstaining, first free endpaper detached, Volume
II contents and errata bound at the end of Volume III; partially unopened.
Vienna: Kurzbek, 1784
[500/750]
FIRST LATIN EDITION
,
translated from the original German of 1783. A history of the Abipón
people of Paraguay in what is now the northern part of Argentina, written by a Jesuit who
lived among them for 18 years until the expulsion. “The most complete, faithful, and interest-
ing detail of the life, habits, and character of a savage tribe which was ever written”—Field
431. Medina, BHA 5070; Palau 74702.
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(ARGENTINA.) Dobrizhoffer, Martin.
An account of the Abipones, an equestrian
people of Paraguay.
3 volumes. 8vo, original boards, moderate wear; rehinged, minor
dampstaining; unopened.
London, John Murray, 1822
[600/900]
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH
of the above, translated from the Latin by Sara Coleridge,
daughter of the poet. “Highly eulogized by Coleridge, Southey, Charles Lamb, Lowndes, and
Brunet. It is almost the only work relating to this almost unknown tribe of Indians, and is a
memorial of nearly eighteen years of suffering and toil amongst a most savage race”—Sabin
20414. Palau 74705.
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(ARGENTINA.)
Real ordenanza para el establecimiento é instruccion de
intendentes de exército y provincia en el Virreinato de Buenos-Aires.
Frontispiece armorial plate. [60], 326, [136], 24 pages. Folio, later stamped calf; extensive
early marginal notes, 2 manuscript leaves tipped in after page 266, plate is defective and
restored, with three inked library stamps.
Madrid: Imprenta Real, [1783]
[600/900]
The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was broken off from Peru in 1776, with Buenos Aires
as its capital. These ordinances established the principles for its governance. Medina BHA
5011; Palau 202982; Sabin 68245.
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