[Rarebooks] FS: The American Revolution from a Spanish perspective. Madrid: 1776

[Kenneth Karmiole]

MERCURIO HISTORICO Y POLITICO Que Contiene el Estado Presente de la Europa, lo Sucedido en Todas las Cortes, los Intereses de los Principes, y Generalmente Todo lo Mas Curioso, Pertenecienteal Mes de Enero de 1776 [through Diciembre de 1776] Con Reflexiones Politicas Sobre Cada Estado... Madrid: en la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta. (1776). 16mo. 3 vols. bound in 2. 409,(1);246,(2),(247)-454;438pp. Each of the 12 months with its own title page. Publisher's woodcut device on title pages. Cont. vellum, hand lettered spines. Bookplates on front pastedowns.    $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Each month with details of the American Revolution: with references to General George Washington, battles, etc.  The "Mercurio Historico y Politico" was a popular Spanish monthly periodical, beginining in 1738, it ceased in 1783.

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