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Jesuitica Phillipina - No Copies in US Libraries
[2], 150 pages. Folio, 283 x 199 mm, early 20th century patterned boards.
first edition of a Jesuit response to the anti-Jesuit campaign conducted by Felipe Pardo, the Dominican Archbishop of Manila.
*Palau 123088; Retana/Aparato 206; Streit V, 958.

# World Cat: no copies in US Libraires, 2 elsewhere.

Tactica de Caballeria Escrita para Su Uso, y Dedicada al Exercito Megicano.
iv,44,46pp., plus two engraved plates. 20th-century vellum boards, printed front cover. Vellum taut, somewhat bowing boards and stiffening hinges. Light tanning and foxing internally. About very good.
This scarce military manual was issued shortly after Mexico won its independence in 1821, but still faced efforts by Spain to recapture its lost territory. Indeed, in 1823 when the present work was published, Veracruz was being periodically bombarded from the fortress of San Juan de Ulua, still under the control of the Spanish, at the mouth of the city's harbor. The authorship of this British-printed cavalry manual for Mexican use is ascribed to the Scottish soldier of fortune Arthur Goodall Wavell, who had served as a general in the armies of independence in Chile and Mexico. Later, Wavell assisted Stephen F. Austin in Mexico in obtaining his Texas colonization rights, and failed in several attempts to organize a British Texas… Read More

Relacion de la vida, y virtudes del P. Antonio Herdoñana de la Compañia de Jesus, Zeloso Missionero por espacio de veinte y quatro años en el Apostolico Colegio de S. Gregorio de Mexico. Sacala a la publica luz el Padre Jvan Mayora, Rector del mismo Colegio, Para comun edificacion de esta Santa Provincia de Nueva-España, y aliento de aquellos Sugetos á quienes el Señor fuere fervido de llamar á tan util, como provechoso Ministerrio. Mexico: En la Imprenta de la Bibliotheca Mexicana/ enfrente de S. Augustin, 1758.
Small 4to; contemporary vellum.
Padre Antonio Modesto Herdoñana Martínez (1709-1758) was a Jesuit missionary to the Mexican Indians, whose language he knew perfectly. For 24 years he operated from the Colegio de San Gregorio of México where he was Rector and which he reformed. He dedicated his wealthy inheritance to provide capital to supply food for needy Indians, to cure the sick and to found two colleges for the Indians- the Colegio de las Indias de Nuestra Señora de… Read More

Levantamiento de los artilleros en la Isla de Puerto-Rico, siendo gobernador y capitán General Don Andres Garcia Camba... Madrid, Higinio Reneses, 1856.8vo; 86 p, 1 h; contemporary calf.Andrés García Camba y de las Heras (Monforte de Lemos, Lugo, 1793 - Madrid, 1861) was a Spanish soldier, politician and writer, a native of Galicia. The memoirs that he wrote about his performance in the war of the Independence of Peru have been a source widely used by historians. On October 17, 1854, he was appointed Captain General of Puerto Rico and took office on January 31, 1855, a position from which he was removed a few months later, after an uprising by the military in San Juan de Puerto Rico. In this rare pamphlet he recounts that episode.# WorldCat: 5 copies in US Libraries (AZ, Berkeley, Harvard, Puerto Rico, Austin). (RF 1335) X99X1541

Táctica de artillería de montaña, redactada en virtud de la suprema orden de 16 de febrero de 1854.
12vo; fine Mexican half leather; with 8 plates, 6 of them folded. First edition of this interesting work on military artillery. From the noted Mexican 19th century printer Don Ignacio Cumplido.
A very rare work, not registered by Palau or Porrúa in 1949. The author, Don Bruno Aguilar (1810,1876), was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Graduated from the Colegio Militar and sent to Europe, he was friendly with Humboldt and studied the artillery factories of Prussia. On return to Mexico in 1846, he was Directory of the Cannon Foundry of Chapultepec. A supporter of the Second Empire, he was General Inspector of Artillery, Adjutant of Maximillian, Imperial visitor of Pachuca, and Director General of Artillery. He also participated as a member of the Comission Scientifique du Mexique. (X99X001569) (RF 187)

Mickey y Juguetes Instructivos.
16vo (oblong); 100 issues (COMPLETE); original wrappers; excellent condition.
A COMPLETE SET OF THIS COLLECTION OF MINIATURE CHILDREN'S BOOKS BY THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, PUBLISHED BY THE LARGEST PUBLISHER IN SPAIN, SATURNINO CALLEJA.
It is practically impossible to find collections such as the one we are offering, complete, in its original condition and, most important, with ALL of the copies in first edition, published in 1936: Due to the popularity of this collection, each one of these little books was republished in subsequent years. In each of the collections we have examined we have found a mix of editions-. This is why we consider this collection as practically unique.
Calleja's greatness as a publisher is clearly evident in the collections he offered on the market in easy to manage editions, economical and attractive. These stories in a miniature edition, in an oblong format, relating to Disney characters, ushered in the novelty of including illustrations… Read More

8vo; 52 p.; modern binding.
Instructional work carried out from the author's experience in tobacco cultivation in Cuba. In addition to everything related to the cultivation part, it talks about the drying rooms, the operations in the tobacco house, types of curing. Also, how it is cultivated and handled in the United States and in Brazil.
*Palau 206564.
# WorldCat: one copy in US Libraries (Cleveland).