JUAN (Jorge), ULLOA (Antonio de) & BARRY (David). Notici - Lot 106

JUAN (Jorge), ULLOA (Antonio de) & BARRY (David). Noticias secretas de America, sobre el estado naval, militar, y politico de los reynos del Perù y provincias de Quito, costas de Nueva Granada y Chile [...] presentadas en informe secreto à S. M. C. el Señor Don Fernando VI. London, En la imprenta de R. Taylor, David Barry, 1826. 2 parts in one volume in-4°, brown morocco, double frame of gilt fillets on covers, small fleuron at corners, gilt title in center of first, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt head, slipcase (early 20th c. binding). FIRST PUBLICATION of this confidential report written in 1747 for the of Spain, in which the authors offer a general description of the colonies of America. Two portraits, those of the authors, engraved after J. MAEA. First board slightly rubbed: wet stamp spotted on titles: brown spots in the margins and opposite the engraved portraits. Sabin, 36807: Palau, 125486.