[Rarebooks] FS: Peralta's historical survey of Costa Rica and its boundaries. Paris: 1900

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(COSTA RICA) Peralta, Manuel Maria de. LA GEOGRAPHIE HISTORIQUE ET LES DROITS TERRITORIAUX DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE COSTA-RICA. Apercu Critique avec Documents a l'Appui. Eclaircissements Soumis a... le President de la Republique Francaise, Arbitre de la Question des Limites Entre Costa-Rica et Colombia. Paris: (Impr. generale Lahure). 1900. Lg. 4to. viii,385,(3)pp. Indices. Illustrated with a 2-page facsimile of the 1561 royal decree, "pour la colonisation de la province de Cartago et Costa-Rica," and facsimiles of 16 historical maps (4 folding) bound in at rear. Cont. brown morocco, gilt, spine over mottled boards, edges rubbed and lower corner of front cover bumped & chipped. Inscribed & signed on a preliminary blank by the author, Manuel Peralta to the Consul General of Costa Rica, dated "Roma. Diciembre 1903."    $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Peralta (b. 1844) was Envoye Extraordinaire et Minister Plenipotentiairie of Costa-Rica.

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