Sale 2505 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, April 16, 2019

238 c   (ARGENTINA.) Vidal, Emeric Essex. Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and MonteVideo. 24 hand-colored aquatint plates. xxviii, 115 pages. Large 4to, 12 3 / 4 x 10-inch sheet size, later mottled calf, moderate wear; small tag on front pastedown, plate #14 bound here as frontispiece, 5-inch repaired tear to another plate, light offsetting, minimal wear. London: R. Ackermann, 1820 [5,000/7,500] first edition , issue undetermined, of this attractive and important plate book. Each view is accompanied by several pages of explanatory text, with subjects ranging from “Pampa Indians” to “Balling Ostriches” to “Convoy of Wine Mules,” plus a general view of Buenos Aires. It was issued to capitalize on the general British interest in Argentina at that time; several thousand British subjects were then doing business in Buenos Aires. Only 800 were published per Tooley, most like this in elephant quarto. Abbey Travel II, 698; Tooley, English Books with Coloured Plates 495 (“the only notable colour plate book in English dealing with the Argentine”); Sabin 99460. 239 c   (COSTA RICA.) Molina, Felipe. Bosquejo de la Republica de Costa Rica. 9 maps, 5 plates. [2], 128 pages. 8vo, publisher’s cloth gilt, slightly faded; moderate dampstaining; early bookplate on front pastedown. NewYork, 1851 [400/600] Second edition.The folding maps and plans are of particular interest given the imminent war withWilliam Walker’s forces. Palau 174489; Sabin 49879. 240 c   (CUBA.) Figuera de Vargas, Francisco. La union indisoluble: Aviso a los incautos americanos contra las seducciones de Napoleon Bonaparte y maxímas de los nuevos filosofos. [6], 28 pages. 4to, disbound; minimal wear. Havana: Esteban Joseph Boloña, 1811 [800/1,200] A call for resistance against French military and intellectual influence, written during the PeninsularWar by a royal official in Mexico.A scarce Cuban imprint. One copy in OCLC, at the University of Florida. 238