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ANTI-BOLIVAR TRACT] Manifiesto de las Provincias de Venezuela a todas las Naciones Civilizadas de Europa. Imprint at end: [Caracas: por D. J. Gutierrez, 1819]. First edition. Modern three-quarters burgundy morocco gilt. With caption title, the text in three columns printed in Spanish, French, and English. 10 7 /8 x 8 1/8 inches (28 x 21 cm); 14 leaves, numbered [1]-27. Stain to first leaf, otherwise generally clean; Together with the Madrid issue, 1820, 31 pp. pamphlet in early wrappers, folding case, spine repaired, else fine. A very rare tract against the "seditious Simon Bolivar, a native of this province and the author of all her sufferings..." and the "miserable wretches in that revolutionary farce." The final leaves are signed in print by dozens of Spanish authorities. This tract was printed concurrently with the Congress of Angostura, in which the tenets of the constitution of Gran Colombia were formed. A rare Caracas imprint, we trace only this copy at auction in 2005 (Sotheby's London, 17 November 2005, ). The first work is Palau 148897; both Sabin 98878. C