Author: ROBERTSON J.P. AND W.P.
Title: Letters on Paraguay: Comprising an Account of a Four years' Residence in That Republic, Under the Government of the Dictator Francia. Vol. II.
Description: London, John Murray. 1839, Second Edition. Brown Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, x, 344 pages, frontispiece. Lacks front fly leaf, book detached from front board, several gatherings loose, needs resewing, cloth on front cover bubbling. John and William Parish Robertson were two Scottish cattle traders who exposed the reign of Doctor Francia, the strange dictator of Paraguay during the 1820s and '30s. Fair.

Keywords: Paraguay, Battle of San Lorenzo, Asuncion, Jesuits, Yerbales, Yerba, Madeira, Funchal,Rio de la Plata, Parana River,


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