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GRAN COLOMBIA] [RESTREPO, JOSÉ MANUEL]. Republica de Colombia. Memoria que el Secretario de Estado y del Despacho del Interior, presento al Congreso de Colombia. Bogota: por Espinosa, 1823. Later morocco backed boards. 9 1/2 7 1/4 inches (24.5 x 19 cm); with original printed wrappers, 40 pp. Ink blots and some repair to wrapper, ink name to title, otherwise clean. The final page of text is here signed in print by J. Manuel Restrepo, the notable Colombian historian who at this time was Secretary of the Interior under Bolivar. Sabin lists five of these reports, all of which are equally rare. WorldCat lists no copies and we find none at auction. Sabin 14605. C