Blas Bruni Celli • Venezuela en 5 siglos de imprenta

[499] THE | HISTORY OF LOUISIANA, | PARTICULARLY | OF THE CESSION OF THAT COLONY | TO THE | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; | WITH | AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY | ON THE | UNITED STATES. | BY BARBÉ MARBOIS, | PEER OF FRANCE, &C. &C. &C. | Translated from the French | BY AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.

PHILADELPHIA: | CAREY & LEA. | 1830.

23 x 14 cms. xviii pp. 1 h. s/n. 17-456 pp. Letras redondas y cursivas. A línea tirada. Textos en inglés. Notas al pie de página. Signs.: [A]4-B4-C2-34-574.

[Pág. i]: Portada ut supra. V. EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, To wit: etc. [Pág. iii]: DEDICATION. | TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DAUPHIN, etc. =: BARBÉ MAR-BOIS. V. en bl. [Pág. v]: CONTENTS. V. en bl. Págs. [vii]-xiv: TRANSLATOR’S NOTICE. =: TRANSLATOR. | Paris, May, 1829. Págs. [xv]-xviii: PREFACE. h. s/n.r: (Portadilla) INTRODUCTION. V. en bl. Págs. [17]-400: Textos. [Pág. 401], 511r: (Portadilla) APPENDIX. V. en bl. Págs. [403]-455, 512r-574r: APPENDIX. [Pág. 456], 574v: ERRATA. En págs. 149-150 el autor refiere una entrevista con el General Miranda en los siguientes términos: “It was about this time that Miranda, a young, enterprising, and bustling creole from Carracas, arrived at Philadelphia. He had there several interviews with the writer of this history, to whom he made the following remarks: “Our American kingdoms will soon experience a revolution similar to the one which you, have witnessed here. A wise and prudent government might moderate its violence or delay its effects. But such warnings only offend ministers. They have a great aversion for all wisdom except their anger. I have told them that the rising of the Mexican Indians in 1778 was a warning of the highest importance. I have spoken of admitting foreigners into all our colonies. From the manner in which this proposal was received, I have thought it prudent to fly, as if had been guilty of a crime.” The chargé d’affaires of France transmitted to the Count de Vergennes an account of this conversation. || Miranda has since been conspicuous in the troubles of Europe, and in the civil wars of America. He finished his stormy career in a melancholy manner in 1816”.

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