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£180.00

Antonio Jose de Irisarri (1786-1868)

Historia Critica del asesinato cometido en la persona del Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho

Bogota: Imp. de Jose A. Gualla, 1846.

4to, (210mm x 130mm), pp 367[LXXX] 2, period half calf, gilt tooled spine.

Rare Bogota edition of this important book.  Antonio José de Irisarri (1786–1868) was a Guatemalan-born writer, diplomat, and military officer who played a key role in the Spanish American independence movements.  Provenance:  From the collection of Professor Malcolm Deas, (1941-2023), an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford, 

Condition: worn extremities, bruised corners,  soiled title,  offsetting throughout, occasional spotting. Good.