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Canta, América yá, pues proclamando al Quarto Carlos vés en este dia

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Year:
1789
Contributor:
Valdés, Manuel Antonio, 1742-1814
Subject:
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IV, King of Spain > Charles > 1748-1819 > Poetry
Engraving > Mexico > 18th century > Specimens
Rebuses > Mexico > Mexico City
Broadsides, etc > Mexico > Mexico City
Spain > Kings and rulers > Poetry
Imprint 1789.
Mexico > Mexico City
Extent:
1 sheet ([1]p.) ; 28 x 44 cm (fol.)

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Dedication to Charles IV in rebus beneath engraved portrait of the king begininng with: "A la fuerte columna de la fe..."
Text within ornamental woodcut border.
Poem in two columns each with its own acrostic. One is: Carlos Quarto Viva (left column), the other: Viva Carlos Quarto (right column)
Author's name derived from initials preceeding the imprint at the end: (M.A.V.)
Engraved portrait of Charles IV signed: García. Calle de la Profesa. Mexico año de 1789.
Title from first lines of poem.

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"Canta, América yá, pues proclamando al Quarto Carlos vés en este dia" (1789). John Carter Brown Library. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:733106/

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