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Only recorded copy of a decree that showcases how the new Mexican government
legitimised Emperor Agustín's power

[BROADSIDE - MEXICO]. [Drop title:] D. Jose Maria Calderon, caballero de número de la distinguida orden imeprial de Guadalupe, rigadier de los ejércitos imperiales, capitan general y gefe superior político interino de la Provincia de Puebla y sus adyacentes.
Puebla, Mexico, officina de D. Pedro de la Rosa, impresor del gobierno, 14 September 1822. Ca. 31 x 21 cm. [1] l. Full description
€ 2,250
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Remarkable broadside offering insight into 18th-century water management in a Dutch peat cutting area

[BROADSIDE - WATER MANAGEMENT - SLUIPWIJK]. Waerschouwinge. Den schout ende heemraaden van 't waterschap van Sluypwijck, doen een ieder by dezen weeten dat zy op zullen schouwen alle de wegen, dijken en wateringen, daar zy schouwe op hebben.
[Gouda?, second half of the 18th century]. Ca. 46 x 35.5 cm. With a decorated woodcut initial. [1] l. Full description
€ 375
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Regulating piracy against neutral vessels

CHARLES III, King of Spain [and Pedro de Castejón]. Real declaracion a varios articulos de la Ordenanza de Corso de 1 de Julio de 1779. Relativos al reconocimiento y detencion de embarcaciones neutrales.
Madrid, "de orden de su Magestad", 1780. Folio (29.7 x 21.5 cm). With the Spanish Royal coat of arms on the title page and one large woodcut decorated initial. Modern white wove paper wrappers (with the Vilaseca paper mill water mark in both the front and back wrapper) and the manuscript title and year of publication in blue ink on the front wrapper. [1], [1 blank], 9, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,800
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One of the final laws of the French administration on Haïti before the island's independence

[HAITI]. Taxe d'absence. Extrait des registres du conseil des notables de la Ville du Cap. Séance du 27 Vendémiaire, an douze (20 Octobre 1803) neuf heures du matin.
Au Cap, chez Pierre Roux, imprimeur du Gouvernement, [1803]. Folio (ca. 31 x 43 cm). The text is printed in 2 columns, which are separated by 9 woodcut ornaments. [1] l. Full description
€ 2,750
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The failed assassination of William of Orange

[HOUSE OF ORANGE - PAMPHLET] Cort verhael van t'moordadich feyt geperpetreert inden persoon vanden deurluchtigen prince mijnen heere den prince van Orangien, Grave van Nassau, Marckgrave vander Vere, etc. by Jan Jauregui Spaengnaert.
Antwerp, Christoffel Plantijn, 1582. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title-page, and a decorated woodcut initial at the start of the work. Later half brown morocco. [16] pp. Full description
€ 1,950
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One of the foundational texts for the 1824 Mexican Constitution

[MEXICO - José María BOCANEGRA]. Discurso del diputado Bocanegra. Pronunciado el 10 de enero de 1823, y reproducido por escrito el 6 de febrero del mismo año en sesiones publicas, sobre el proyecto de reglamento politico de gobierno para el imperio Mexicano, presentado a la junta nacional instituyente por su comision especial.
Mexico City, Imprenta del Suprema Gobierno, 1823. 4to. Stitched through 3 holes. 10, [2 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,250
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News from Portobello of the death of a Peruvian Viceroy, printed in Lima

[NAVARRA Y ROCAFULL, Melchor, Duque de la Palata]. Copia de carta escrita a un cavallero de la ciudad de los Reyes, dandole cuenta de la muerte del Excelentisimo Señor Duque de la Palata, en la ciudad de Portovelo, Viernes Santo 13 de Abril de 1691.
[Lima, 1691]. Folio (29 x 19 cm). With a woodcut decorated initial on the first page. Kept together by a marbled paper strip around the spine. [4] pp. Full description
€ 1,500
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Important Orangist pamphlet of the "Doelenlopersbeweging" against the Amsterdam Patriciate
and nepotism in September 1672

[ORANGIST MOVEMENT]. Dam-praetje tusschen vier Amsterdamsche Burgers: Waermondt, Geerlof, Stouthart en Heb-recht. Handelende van de oude privilegien, vryheden, en gerechtigheden van de burgery en schuttery.
[Amsterdam], voor de Doele-schutters, 1672. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page, and a woodcut initial. Modern light yellow marbled wrappers, with a printed label on the front. 16 pp. Full description
€ 425
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Bergen op Zoom under attack in 1605

[PAMPHLET - DUTCH - BERGEN OP ZOOM]. Cort verhael ende rechte verclaringe vande entreprinse, die des Eertz hertogen Albertus volck ghedaen heeft op de stadt Bergen op den Zoom ende de wercken daer voren gelegen, op den XXIen Augusti 1605 onder t' beleyt ende conduitte van Mons d'Hericourt...
Bergen op Zoom, Jacob Canin, 1605. 4to. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initial and small endpiece. Modern blue half morocco with gilt title on spine. [8] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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