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2 volumes. cxxiv, 707; vi, 685 pp. Two engraved portraits; large folding map. Text in Spanish. (8vo) 23x14 cm (9x5½") three-quarter red morocco and cloth, spines ruled and lettered in gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. First Edition.

Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf. Rare Spanish language edition of this important work containing an important extensive contemporary account of the war of independence, compiled with the assistance of the Venezuelan general Francisco Miranda, a major figure in the struggle for independence in South America. Much information on natural history, agriculture, politics, etc. Also published in an English language edition the same year, much more commonly encountered.