ANTIQUE 1928 COLOMBIA PERU WAR BOOK: DOCUMENTOS DE LE GUERRA~ANTONIO J. DE SUCRE

Documentos de la Guerra de 1828–1829: La Campaña de los Treinta Días

Quito: Talleres Tipográficos Nacionales, 1928.

First Edition.

Directed by Coronel A. I. Chiriboga N.

Ex Libris: Biblioteca Simón Bolívar – Leonardo Atuve Carrillo, Cumaná, Venezuela.

Description:

Octavo (approx. 8 x 5.25 in). 80 pages. Original quarter-leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards and gilt-lettered spine. Text in Spanish. Printed on aged, toned stock consistent with early 20th-century Ecuadorian imprints. Some foxing and edge wear present, particularly to endpapers and corners, though text remains clean and legible. Structurally sound.

Condition:

Good. Binding tight. Moderate external rubbing and flaking to leather spine and corners. Internal foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Pages toned but unmarked and complete. Decorative ex libris on inside back cover featuring a centaur archer motif with the inscription Biblioteca Simón Bolívar and ownership attribution to Leonardo Atuve Carrillo of Cumaná, Venezuela.

Provenance:

This volume bears the personalized bookplate of Leonardo Atuve Carrillo, a Venezuelan bibliophile with apparent ties to Bolivarian scholarship and the intellectual circles of Cumaná—birthplace of independence hero Antonio José de Sucre, referenced in the subtitle. The Biblioteca Simón Bolívar label further reinforces its alignment with Latin American revolutionary historiography.

Historical Context:

An official publication of the Ecuadorian National Army’s Revista de Estudios Histórico-Militares, this 1928 edition documents the “Thirty-Day Campaign” during the Gran Colombia–Peru War of 1828–1829—a decisive military confrontation that reshaped the political map of northern South America. The text is based on documents authorized by Gran Mariscal Antonio José de Sucre, victor at the Battle of Tarqui and one of Bolívar’s closest allies.

A rare artifact of early 20th-century Ecuadorian military historiography, this publication offers unique insight into post-independence nation-building narratives and military documentation in Latin America.

Scarce in institutional holdings. No copies currently listed in major catalogs or WorldCat libraries. This copy’s association with a named Venezuelan collection, alongside its subject relevance to Sucre and Bolívar, makes it a compelling acquisition for collectors of South American independence history or national military archives.