Defensa del Comandante de la Esmeralda. Don Luis A. Lynch.
Valparaiso: Imprenta Colon, 1875. 16 pp. Sm. 4to. Self wrappers. First edition. A very good- copy, lightly soiled with edgeworn leaves, mail fold. Briseño, literatura chilena II: 389. Item #39748
The trial of Luis Alfredo Lynch, captain of the Esmeralda, which he had to beach off Baron's Cove during a furious storm in Valparaiso on May 24, 1875. Lynch, was one of the most decorated and respected of Chilean naval officers and given a state funeral at his death. He was acquitted. See: Figueroa: Diccionario biográfico de Chile I: pp. 209-210. Rare. Not in Nicolas Anrique Reyes' 'Bibliografía marítima chilena.' None in OCLC or COPAC. One copy at the BN Chile. Provenance: Don Salvador Castro.
Price: $150.00