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[CHILI - JOURNALISME] San Martin. Periodico popular. Organo de los intereses americanos. Valparaiso, Imprenta de Chile, 80 numéros du n° 1 (29 août 1864), au n° 80 (24 mars 1866)
s. n.|Valparaíso 1864-1866|31 x 47.3 cm|80 fasciclues reliés en 1 volume
Rare (possibly complete) collection of this popular Chilean weekly printed in Valparaíso, not listed in the catalogue of the National Library’s periodicals.
Contemporary binding in red half sheep, smooth spine decorated with double gilt and black fillets, black morocco title label, marbled paper-covered boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Although primarily concerned with historical and political matters—featuring frequent polemics against Spain and Peru—this provincial paper also aspires to literary status, including numerous poems, occasionally illustrated with small wood engravings. The "classified ads," of particular interest, along with the theatre listings, of
€3,500