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Harte, Bret - AMsS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:3,750.00 USD Estimated At:7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD
Harte, Bret - AMsS
<Our item number 119291><B>Harte, Bret.</B> &#40;1836-1902&#41; American author and poet. AMsS of the poem, &#34;Por El Rey &#40;Northern Mexico&#41; 1640,&#34; n.p., n.d., 13pp, 8¼&#34; x 6½&#34;. Written in purple ink on rectos only, bound by Riviere and Son in bright green crushed leather morocco gilt, turn-ins richly gilt. With a frontispiece photo of Bret Harte. The 177-line poem is probably a fair copy, although Harte has changed &#34;three hundred&#34; to &#34;two hundred&#34; on pages 3 and 10.The poem recounts a tale of love between a young bride and the King&#39;s Viceroy of Monterey, who is invited to enjoy the &#34;droit de Seigneur.&#34;<BR><BR>&#34;&#39;…<I>Por el Rey,&#39; well, the King is gone,<BR><I>Ages ago, and the Hapsburg one<BR> Shot. But the rock of the Church lives on.<BR><BR>&#39;Por el Rey,&#39; What matters, indeed, <BR>If King or President succeed<BR>To a country haggard with sloth and greed</I>….&#34; <BR>Estimated Value &#36;7,500-10,000. <I><BR>Originally from the Doheny Libray.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 119291<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/43jpegs/119291.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>