Oracion pronunciada el dia 8 de octubre, en celebridad del juramento del estatuto provisorio del Perú
By: Por el d[octo]r d[on] Mariano Jose de Arce
Publisher: Imprenta de Peña.
Published: 1821
Place of publication: Lima: año de 1821.--2⁰
Language: spa
Number of pages: 14
Subjects: Politics and government; Spanish Sermons; Sermons; History
Notes: Date of publication printed after place of publication on title page.

George Washington is mentioned on p. 11. Mariano José de Arce was a Peruvian priest and librarian who was born in Arequipa in 1782 and died in Lima in 1852; he was passionate about independence from the Spanish crown and is also remembered for being the first director of the National Library of Peru which was founded in 1822.

Signatures: [1]⁸ ([1]₁ verso, [1]₈ blank)

Vargas Ugarte, R. Biblioteca peruana, 4665.

Medina, J.T. Imprenta en Lima (1584-1824), 3524.

Purchase; 2017; 18-166.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: a wormhole appears in the textblock in all leaves, slightly affecting text.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary marbled wrappers.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Bromsen Fund.