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La campana de Manfredonia; tratado mathematico, en que se resvelven las incognitas proposiciones de la dimension del circulo en diferentes partes iguales, la triseccion del angulo, alsi rectilineo, como curbilineo; la de dos medias proporcionales entre dos dadas, en que se comprehende la duplicacion del cubo, la quadratura del cĂ­rculo, y otras, & . ... [at end:] En Sevilla, por Juan Francisco Blas de Quesada ..., 1726.
4to; 4 folded plates + ½ page illustration on r. of page 36; full contemporary vellum.
First edition of this intriguing mathematical treatise, written by a Colonel, General Commander of the army artillery and director of the Royal Academy of Mathematics of Cádiz; text begins with a poetic periphrase in Latin, another in Spanish and various compositions in prose or poetry; followed by an engraving with the bell that gives the book its title, definitions, propositions, enigmas and mathematical problems, the last of which solves the squaring of the circle.
The treatise is also a… Read More

De l'usage du quinquina dans les fièbres rémittentes. Mémoire qui a remporté en 1785, au jugement de la Societé Royale de Médecine de Paris
8vo; 301 p, 1 h. Original wrappers, preserving covers.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS SMALL TREATY ON THE USE OF THE QUINQUINE TO CURE FEVER. Cinchona or Quinquina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing at least 23 species of trees and shrubs. All are native to the tropical Andean forests of western South America. A few species are reportedly naturalized in Central America, Jamaica, French Polynesia, Sulawesi, Saint Helena in the South Atlantic, and São Tomé and Príncipe off the coast of tropical Africa, and others have been cultivated in India and Java, where they have formed hybrids.
Cinchona has been historically sought after for its medicinal value, as the bark of several species yields quinine and other alkaloids that were the only effective treatments against malaria during the height of European colonialism, which made them of… Read More

LĂ­mites. Con 6 aguafuertes originales de Leopoldo Presas
Folio; original wrappers; Copy No. 81/130 on Fabriano paper, with 6 etchings by Leopoldo Presas, signed.
Rare Borgeana plaquette, privately printed by collectors Frank Virasoro and Federico Vogelius for their friends in 1958. Contains 6 poems, all published for the first time in book format; 5 of them had been published a few months before in La Nación newspaper and Sur magazine - the poem Arte Poética is unpublished. (R20F000058) RF 198

Cuaderno San Martín8vo; contemporary wrappers; inscribed to "Patrick Gannon". [Patricio Gannon, Argentinean writer, 1901-77]. He translated Ernest Dowson, Walter S. Landor and other British poets into Spanish, and collaborated in several relevant literary magazines (Sur, Anales de Buenos Aires)]. Cuaderno San Martín, together with Tamaño de mi esperanza are the two rarest Borges´ first editions. It is almost impossible to find them complete, in original wrappers, and in good condition. With this work, Borges concluded his first poetry cicle.Fine Copy of One of Borges´ Rarest First Editions - Inscribed to a Writer that Translated Several British Authors

Reise nach Brasilien durch die Provinzen von Rio de Janeiro und Minas geraes. [Text] [with Atlas:] Landschaftliche Bilder Brasiliens und Portraits einiger Urvolker.
Text: 8vo; contemporary calf. Atlas: Oblong, with 7pp of text in facsimile & 11 fine original lithographs; modern half morocco. According to Borba de Moraes (p.136, vol 1): "The plates were drawn to illustrate the journey. This volume is much more difficult to find than the text itself". First edition, 2 volumes including the rare atlas with 11 lithographs.
The author, a highly esteemed scientist, held the position of Director of the National Museum in Rio for a while, and later that of the Museum in Buenos Aires. He began the journey from Germany, and it lasted from 1850 to 1852.
* Borba de Moraes. 136; Sabin 9346 u. 9348; Bosch 465; Henze I, 412. (RF 1038 - X99X001260)

Mexican decree on the reparations demanded by the United States. Mexico, 26 May 1837.
Letterpress broadside, 12 1/2 x 9 inches, signed in type by Bustamante as president, Luis Gonzaga Vieyra as governor of the State of Mexico, and Gabriel Sagaseta as secretary, and docketed on verso.
In the wake of Texan independence, the United States submitted a long list of financial claims by its citizens against Mexico, hoping for a negotiating lever to secure Mexican recognition of the new republic. Offered here is the State of Mexico printing of a 20 May presidential decree whose first article reads "Se autoriza al gobierno para que pueda transigir en las reclamaciones que haya hecho Ăł hiciere el de los Estados-Unidos del Norte," authorizing the Mexican government to negotiate these claims. If the United States does not accept this arbitration process, the cessation of trade and closure of ports is threatened.
# WorldCat: 2 copies in US Libraries. (RF 1057 - X99X001263)