Published by Santiago de Chile, Imprenta de la Independencia, 1835., 1835
Seller: Richard C. Ramer Old and Rare Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Folio (27.5 x 16.5 cm.), nineteenth-century marbled wrappers (upper wrapper torn across, without loss). Small woodcut coat of arms on title page. Dampstained. Good condition. (2 ll.), 182 pp., (1 l. errata). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Egaņa proposes rules for the judiciary, covering procedures for civil cases, types of trials, appeals, recursos, and recusaciones. Extensive sections deal with debtors and inheritance, and the final section includes special rules applicable to farmers, merchants, and mining.Mariano Egaņa (1793-1846), son of the brilliant politician Juan de Egaņa, was active in the war for Chilean independence. A conservative, he helped write the Constitution of 1833, and from 1834 until his death was a member of parliament.*** Briseņo I, 277. Not located in CCPBE. Not located in Rebiun. Not located in Jisc.