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CAyC. ARTE E IDEOLOGIA. CAyC AL AIRE LIBRE. ARTE DE SISTEMAS II

vols. 8vo. S.P. A Mythical and Revolutionary Art Catalog from the "CAyC", the Art Center that Internationally Disseminated Conceptual Art from Latin America.Original cardboard folder containing loose sheets. Without the bag that contained the folder, as most known copies. Fully illustrated with b/w photos and diagrams. Catalog of the event organized by the Center for Art and Communication (CAyC) in the Roberto Arlt square in Buenos Aires in September 1972. Presented by: Grupo de los Trece. Organized by: Jorge Glusberg. The catalog consists of loose single sheets with b/w illustrations. Context: Towards the end of the sixties, when Jorge Glusberg created the Center for Art and Communication (CAyC), he thought of an interdisciplinary space that could generate an experimental art movement. On one side, it sought to articulate a network of communication between Latin American artists and critics and their Argentine counterparts, and on the other, to project itself internationally for the configuration of a new regional art. To launch his project, the critic coined the category ARTE DE SISTEMAS which, at the beginning, he identified with the practices associated with conceptual art that was being developed at that time in the international arena. Later, in his speech, the term was redefined and associated exclusively with the Latin American sphere. The regional theme that both the exhibitions and the interdisciplinary studies addressed was disseminated with the "CAyC seal" until the end of the 1970s, with a strong incidence nationally but especially internationally. In 1972 they held the group's second show, and the most controversial: CAyC al aire libre Arte e ideología; their intention was to "mingle with passers-by, with couples who make love, with groups of students, with children playing in the square", in short, with daily life. Jorge Glusberg , the organizer, points out: "Artists are giving an account of the emerging national reality of the social and political process of the moment". Inspired by the concept of "poor" as anti-technological, ephemeral and "committed to contingency", the exhibition in the square was resignified in the scarce 48 hours that it was open to the public, before it was closed and the works dismantled and confiscated. The exhibition became a veritable "war machine", that is, a device capable of undermining the centralism of the government apparatus. (Systems Art , the CAyC and the project of a new regional art. Prologue of the Catalog of the exhibition, OSDE Foundation, from July 25 to October 8, 2013). WorldCat (US Libraries only): apparently no copies.
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Cinema nuovo. Edicio n Latinoamericana

Aristarco, Guido (Director) 2vols. 8vo. S.P. Rare Argentinian Journal on Cinema. Attractive Covers. No Complete Copies in US Libraries2 vols. [ALL PUBLISHED]. Title from cover. "Revista de Cultura dirigida por Guido Aristarco. Latin American edition of the Italian magazine Cinema nuovo, adapted to the public of this continent. As we read in the prologue, it is also the continuation of the Cinema magazine published in 1952. Cinema Nuovo was a left-leaning Italian film magazine that existed between 1952 and 1996. It was headquartered in Milan, Italy. Cinema Nuovo was established by film critic Guido Aristarco in 1952. The first issue was published in Milan on 15 December 1952. The founding company was La Scuola, Arzigliano. Guido Aristarco also directed the magazine, which first published fortnightly and from the July-August 1958 issue it became bimonthly. The magazine had offices in Rome, Paris, New York City, Mexico City and Prague. Cinema Nuovo had a Marxist stance and was one of the targets of the Italian government like other left-leaning publications. Guido Aristarco supported neorealist cinema of Italy through his articles published in the magazine. Joseph Grieco was among the editors-in-chief, and Rudi Berger was one of the contributors. From 1954 to 1956 Cesare Zavattini published photo essays in Cinema Nuovo. Aristarco was an Italian film critic and author. A "dean" of Marxist film criticism, and the first professor of cinema in Italy. The magazine folded in 1996. Spanish film magazine Nuestro Cine modeled on Cinema Nuovo and followed the approach of Guido Aristarco. The other Spanish film magazine inspired by Cinema Nuovo and its founder Guido Aristarco was Objetivo, and the here offered Cine Nuovo Edicion Latinoamericana. WorldCat: apparently Iowa has had issue # 1 only.
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Album de Pernambuco e seus Arrabaldes

Album de Pernambuco e seus Arrabaldes

Carls, Francisco Henrique Oblong. S.P. A Superb Visual Record of Brazil in the Late 19th Century. 48 Stunning Chromolithographs of Recife. Only 2 Copies in US Libraries.Oblong quarto (315 x 406mm). Lithographed pictorial title on yellow paper, lithographed prospectus dated 1878, and 48 chromolithograph plates. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered title (sympathetically re-backed with old spine laid down. A rare collection of chromolithographic views of Recife, and the state of Pernambuco. With original pictorial wrapper[?] bound as title-page and lithographed prospectus, dated August 1878. This is an impressive and lovely array of views of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, particularly its capital city, Recife. The German lithographer Franz Heinrich Carls immigrated to Brazil in 1858 and eventually set up a lithographic printing house in Recife in 1861. It is thought that this album was first issued in 1873 with fifty plates, however, the prospectus present here asserts that the first issue had only thirty plates. In part, in translation: "I undertook this work several years ago, publishing 30 views, but the lack of skilled collaborators and the lack of time forced me to abandon it. Today, in light of the many improvements which have beautified our city, and aided by a highly skilled collaborator, I am honored to present these 10 views produced in chromolithograph . the complete series will have between 40 and 50 views." Copies with 50 views are known, and some include a chromo lithographed calendar for the year 1880; however, copies are very idiosyncratic and few, if any, contain the same complement of plates. In his prospectus, Carls details the price per plate for both subscribers and non-subscribers and a distribution and payment schedule. The skilled collaborator to whom Carls referred was Luiz Adam Cornell Krauss, a fellow German immigrant to Pernambuco. "The colorful and airy rendering contributes much to the appeal of this extensive series of images that forms one of the most comprehensive visual reports carried out on any Brazilian city in the period" (Correa do Lago). "a significant iconographic series for the visual memory of the country, depicting scenes of everyday life, customs and landscapes" (Silva, p. 1567) Correa do Lago, Brasiliana Itau pp. 328-329; Not in Borba de Moraes;Silva, "Franz Carls: Memórias Litográficas do Recife Oitocentista", in 21st Encontro Nacional de Pesquisadores em Artes Plásticas - Vida e Ficção / Arte e Fricção, 2012. WorldCat: Oliveira Lima; Cincinnati (32 plates).
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  • $28,540
Plano de la Habana por D. Este ban T. Pichardo

Plano de la Habana por D. Este ban T. Pichardo, agrimensor y maestro de obras. / Editor: D. José Valdepares. / 1881

Pichardo y Tapia, E. S.P. Surveyor-Cartographer. / José Valdepares, Editor. By The Father of Cuban Geography. Finest Map of Havana Ever Printed. A fantastic Large Colour Lithograph. Color lithograph, rolled 86 x 111 cm (34 x 44 inches).Extremely rare; a grand, separately issued work that is the finest and most influential map of Havana of the generation leading up to and during Cuban Independence, after the surveys of Este ban Pichardo, the ‘Father of Cuban Geography', it showcases Havana in unprecedented detail and precision, not only capturing the old town, but all Havana Harbour and the city's fast-growing suburbs; published in Paris in 1881, it served as the masterplan of metro Havana through the period of U.S. Military Government in Cuba (1898 - 1902), upon which the map was copied and issued in the U.S. for a variety of martial and civilian administrative purposes. This extremely rare, grand format separately issued work is the finest and most important map of Havana and its environs made in the twilight years of the Spanish colonial era. It was created by Este ban Pichardo, the ‘Father of Cuban Geography', who mapped the country to top-notch modern systematic scientific standards. It captures the Cuban capital as it appeared in the 1870s, when it had a population of around 180,000, and was one of the most beautiful, cultured, and well-appointed cities in the Americas. While central and southeastern Cuba was then engulfed in the turmoil of the Cuban insurrectionist conflicts of the Guerra de los Diez Años (1868-78) and La Guerra Chiquita (1879-80), Havana was not directly involved in the fighting. In fact, the city's economy benefited from war contracts, while its population continued to grow briskly, largely due to the arrival of immigrants from Spain. The map embraces the entire harbor of Havana and its environs and depicts the city proper, plus all its fast-growing suburbs and exurbs. Every street is pictured and labeled, with the street numbers given per block, while the city's numerous parks, squares, public institutions, and grand facilities (ex. forts, barracks, hospitals, schools/colleges, religious places, and large business campuses, etc.) are noted. Indicative of metro Havana's rapid growth, the streets of the several projected areas of development are shown by intermittent lines. The map was created by Este ban Pichardo while the esteemed polymath-cartographer was in his 70s. He bases the map upon his own surveys, as well as the best mapping done for the army and Havana's Public Works Department, creating an unrivaled graphic record of the city. The map was edited by a local draftsman, José Valdepares. The map was first published bearing the same title as the present, Plano de la Habana por D. Este ban T. Pichardo, agrimensor y maestro de obras. / Editor: D. José Valdepares (Paris: A. Simon for Imp. Becquet, 1874). However, this first edition seems to have been a ‘trial run', as it is known to survive today in only a single institutional example, held by the Biblioteca Centro de Documentación de Defensa, in Madrid (shelfmark: 729.12 La Habana); this example has a numbered manuscript grid laid over it and seems to have been used a working copy. The second edition, represented by the present example, was issued in 1881, two years after Pichardo's passing, and is faithful to the 1874 edition, save that it is far more beautifully colored and executed to a higher quality of lithography. Although this edition was made in only a small print run, for high level administrative and commercial use, it proved to be highly influential. Upon the U.S. Invasion of Cuba during the Spanish-American War (1898) and during the subsequent U.S. Military Government in Cuba (1898 - 1902), the present map was used as the ‘masterplan' of Havana by the Americans for all manners of military and civilian planning, as well as explaining the operations of U.S. entities in Cuba to Congress. Various editions of the Pichardo map, with modifications to suit specific purposes, were published in the Unities States. These American derivatives include the Military Map of Habana and Vicinity (Washington, DC: War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, 1898); as well as several different versions of the map, modified by the engineer William Murray Black to depict the city's road works, sanitation and drainage systems, etc., variously published between 1900 and 1902 by Julius Bien (New York); A. Hoen & Co. (Baltimore); and for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by Guggenheimer, Weil & Co. (Baltimore). The ‘real' Pichardo map of 1881 is easily distinguishable from the American derivatives which, in addition to their modified content, were produced to much lower quality of lithography. Most of the American derivates are quite common, having been issued in relatively large print runs, compared to the extremely rare 1881 edition. The present map of Havana represented the apogee of Pichardo's urban/regional mapping and was proved to be his most internationally influential work.A Note on Rarity. The present map is extremely rare. It would have been issued in a limited print run, as it was an expensive work geared for high-level administrative and commercial use. Moreover, the map is of a large format and printed on fragile paper, leading to a very low survival rate. We can trace only 4 institutional examples of the present 1881 edition of the map, held by the Biblioteca Centro de Documentación de Defensa (Madrid); Archivo del Museo Naval de Madrid; Bibliothèque nationale de France; and the Bancroft Library (University of California-Berkeley). Moreover, we are not aware of any sales records for any other examples. Most of the American derivatives of the map are considerably less rare and appear with relative frequency on the market. * References: Biblioteca Centro de Documentación de Defensa (Madrid): 729.12 La Habana; Archivo del Museo Naval de Madrid: MN- 16-A-6; Bibliothèque nationale de France: GE FF-9680; Bancroft Library (Univ
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CAPS.A: Revista-objecte

CAPS.A: Revista-objecte

4vols. S.P. Nos 1-4, (of 7 published). In octagonal shaped cardboard boxes, 20 x 20 cm, with colour printed title label on top lid. Includes loose sheets, poem objects and collages of various materials made to fit the box by various contributors. Produced in an edition of 400. The magazine existed from 1982-1985, 7 issues were released in total. Edited by the Cattelan artist collective of poets, painters and sculptors Lola Albarracín, J.M.Calleja, Jordi Cuyàs and Jaume Simon. Apparently each issue was released on a special (public) location and distributed for free. Includes: CAPS.A. 1 (Presentacio), numbered edition 306/400. Contributors: Lola Albarracín, J.M.Calleja, Jordi Cuyàs and Jaume Simon. Copy 306/400. Presented on April 24 1982 at the Municipal Museumof Mataró by Josep Maria Rovira Brull. CAPS.A. 2 (Trencaclosques), numbered edition 175/400. Contributors Lola Albarracín, J.M.Calleja, Jordi Cuyàs i Jaume Simon. Presented on June 26 1982 at the Plaza Mayor de Vic and on July 24 1982 at Plaza Santa Anna de Mataró. CAPS.A. 3 (Reflexos), numbered edition 037/400. Participants Benítez, J.M.Calleja, Jordi Cuyàs i Jaume Simon.Presented on November 19 1982 at the Reading Center of Reus by Pere Anguera. CAPS.A. 4 (Zas), numbered edition 210/440. This multiple does not feature a cardboard box like the former issues, but as a leporello in the same octagonal shape, held together by a pink ribbon. It folds out to 200 cm. Participants: M. dels Àngels Ballbé, Benítez, Pere Boix, Genís Cano, Jordi Catafal, Eduard Comabella, Joan FontRegàs, Nefer, Tonia Passola, Martí Peran, Feliu Plasencia, Ernest Puig, JA Sarmiento, Pep Segon, Poetic Text Group and Gustavo Vega. Presented on April 22 1983 at Can Xammar, Mataró. Worldcat: No copies in US Libraries.
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Qual o ideal da mulher Banta no futuro? [What is the Ideal of the Bantu Woman in the Future?].

Qual o ideal da mulher Banta no futuro? [What is the Ideal of the Bantu Woman in the Future?].

Meneses Rodrigues Riberiro, Julio 8vo. 33 (1 pp) pp. Continua del título: Quelimane (Mozambique): Apostolado pelo Livro e pela Liturgia [Apostolate through the Book and the Liturgy]. Women s Rights in Africa. Mozambique Imprint. 8°, 33 pp., [1 pp.] text page, blank sheet, mimeographed text on yellow paper, stapled. An unusual mimeographed pamphlet on Bantu women's traditional rights, which could change with the education, brought by Christian missionary schools. This unusual pamphlet in Portuguese language discusses the subject of traditional rights of Bantu (ethno-racial group of South Africa) women. The listed women's rights include among other saving money, ordering food for the family, controlling breeding of chicken, bossing around children until they get married, expressing sexual desire, working as healer and soothsayer, consulting with the head of the community, if their husband beats them without reason etc. The pamphlet appears to be written as an informational booklet for the missionaries, working in Africa, with advice on how to approach the traditional role of women, which could with missionary schools change drastically and change relationships between men and women in a negative way. The author Júlio Meneses Rodrigues Ribeiro was a Portuguese missionary, who worked in Mozambique and published his woks in local presses and newspapers. He authored several works (listed on the last text page of this pamphlet), related to Africa and missionaries. We could not trace any institutional examples on the internet.
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Summaria Investigación del origen y privilegios de los Ricos Hombres y Nobles

Summaria Investigación del origen y privilegios de los Ricos Hombres y Nobles, Caballeros, Infanzones o Hijosdalgo, y Señores de Vasallos de Aragón, y del absoluto poder que en ellos tienen

Cuenca, Juan Francisco 4to. S.P. Fine Engraved Title Page. 4to; Place and date of publication supplied by Palau and Medina; License to print, pt. 1, verso of leaf [4], 1st count, dated: Mexico y março 11. de 1664 años; letter to the King dated in pt. 1, verso of leaf [7], 1st count: Ciudad de Mexico 25 de febrero de 1665; Letter from the King to the author, in pt. 1, verso of leaf [8], 1st count, dated: Zaragoça, y octobre à 20 de 1665; Pagination: pt. 1: [11], 47, 46-135, [6] leaves; pt. 2: 321, [15] leaves; Title framed in ornamental border; woodcut head and tail pieces; initials; woodcut illustration of the Kings of Aragon in pt. 1, verso of leaf [10]. Full-page engraving of the Kings of Spain, engraved title page. [9], 135, [6], 321, [15] leaves. modern 1/2 vellum over marbled boards. A MEXICAN RARITY: only 2 copies found in US Libraires. First edition of this work of notable historical and genealogical interest for Aragón and Mexico. An important study of privileges and exemptions of Aragonese nobles and hidalgos, published in part to lend scholarly support for the privileges that viceregal authorities granted to peninsular Spaniards. Upon finishing the book, the author could not publish it in Spain, his having been named by the crown to important posts in Mexico. Once there, he published this volume with the hope of producing a second, something that he never accomplished. The 135 dedicatory leaves are a Compendium of the History of Aragón with its own index of notable events. All the copies have an engraved title page somewhat trimmed on the lower edge since the engraving is larger than the format of the book. An interesting link between Spain and Mexico. Medina, J. T. México, 920; Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) 178029; Porrua, hnos. Cat. de libros mexicanos, 7588 # WorldCat (US Libraries): 3 copies (JCB, Bancroft & Penn).
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Ley porque Vossa Magestade he servido exterminar

Ley porque Vossa Magestade he servido exterminar, porscrever, e mandar expulsar dos sus reinos e dominios os religiosos da Companhia denominada de Jesu. (continúa)

[Jesuits]. Portugal. Sovereign (1750-1777: Joseph) 4to. S.P. Continúa del título: e prohibir que com elles se tenha qualquer communicação verbal ou por escrito, pelos justissimos, e urgentissimos motivos", assima declarados, e debaixo das penas nella estabelecidas Other Title: (First line) Dom Joseph por graça de Deos Rey de Portugal . faço saber que havendo sido infatigaveis a constantissima benignidade e a Religiosissima Clemencia com que desde o tempo en que as opperaçoens que se practicaraõ para a execuçaõ do Tratado de Limites das Conquistas . para que o governo dos Regulares da Companhia denominada de Jesu . se apartasse do temerario e façanhoso projecto. Royal Decree of September 1759 which Suppresses and Expels the Order of the Society of Jesus from Portugal and All Portuguese Possessions in America, Asia and Africa. Extremely Rare, with Only 2 Copies in US Libraries. 4to; Text in Portuguese. "Registada na Secretaria de Estado dos Negocios do Reino no livro das Cartas, Alvara s, e Patentes a fo. 52. Nossa Senhora da Ajuda, a 4 de Setembro de 1759, Joaquim Joseph Borralho."-Page 7. Title from page 6. Imprint from colophon. Signatures: a4. A MOST RELEVANT DECREE. The decree details, among others, the reasons for the suppression and expulsion of all Jesuits of the territories under the jurisdiction of the Portuguese Crown, which includes an allegation that the society had conceived a bold project to usurp Brazil and was involved in an attempted assassination of the King. # WorldCat: 2 copies in US Libraries (Loyola, BC).
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  • $5,790