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Author: Restrepo, Jose Manuel, 1781-1863

Date: 1827

Short Title: Text Page: Historia de Colombia. Atlas

Publisher: Paris: Libreria Americana

Type: Text Page ; Title Page

Obj Height cm: 24

Obj Width cm: 35

Note: Verso of title page and p. 6 of text.

Country: Colombia ; Ecuador

Full Title: (Text Page in) Historia de la revolucion de la Republica de Colombia, por Jose Manuel Restrepo, Secretario del Interior del poder ejecutivo de la misma Republica. Atlas. Paris, Libreria Americana, Calle del Temple, no. 69. 1827.

List No: 5597D

Page No: (4-5)

Series No: 4

Engraver or Printer: David (Firm : Paris, France)

Publication Author: Restrepo, Jose Manuel, 1781-1863

Pub Date: 1827

Pub Title: Historia de la revolucion de la Republica de Colombia, por Jose Manuel Restrepo, Secretario del Interior del poder ejecutivo de la misma Republica. Atlas. Paris, Libreria Americana, Calle del Temple, no. 69. 1827. (verso of title page) Imprenta de David, Calle del arrabal Poissonniere, no. 6 en Paris.

Pub Reference: Phillips, 2760; Keniston, p. 267; Leclerc, 1491; Lequiens, Yale, 2127; Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) 262816; Rich II, p. 201, Sabin, 70104; Trask, 8140; Watson, 771.

Pub Note: "Quarto atlas accompanying 10 text volumes. Contains 13 folded maps, hand col. in outline. First ed. A very rare work, especially when complete with the atlas. As a complete set (10 v. plus atlas) it has appeared by once in the auction records (1978). ""A classic work -- dry, factual, authoritative -- by an author who was active in different stages of the revolution and served as Secretary of the Interior of Gran Colombia. Mainly political-military emphasis; written from the viewpoint of New Granada but with good information on Venezuela and Ecuador"" (Griffin). ""Obra estimada y rara"" (Palau). ""Basic to the study of the independence in Colombia"" (Watson). Printer address in atlas is no. 6, not no. 1 as in text vols. Rumsey Collection copy in original boards, newly backed with calf spine: Historia de Colombia - Atlas - 1827."

Pub List No: 5597.000

Pub Type: National Atlas

Pub Maps: 13

Pub Height cm: 24

Pub Width cm: 19

Image No: 5597D

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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