Reglamento Provisional de Corso. A Provisional Ordinance to Regulate Privateering.

£3,500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Issued by the United Provinces of la Plata during the wars of independence against Spain, this is one of the very few Argentinian imprints to include parallel Spanish and English text The regulations were intended to control the activities of privateers from various countries who sailed for the United Provinces “against the subjects of Ferdinand VII, and their properties.” The provisional ordinance, issued, 5 May, 1817 and signed by Supreme Director of the provinces, Juan Martin de Pueyrredon, and Secretary of War and the Navy, Matias de Yrigoyen, consists of forty-six articles detailing both legal and unlawful actions. The work includes additional bilingual sections concerning “Penal laws extending to the officers of the Navy” and “Penal laws for the crimes of ordinary seamen marines onboard the vessels.” Rare. Copies are located at the BL, Bancroft, Berlin Staatsbibliothek and the National Library of Chile. Palau, 255378.

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