Rare pamphlet of politically themed poems written and published on the occasion of the coronation of Agustín de Iturbide as the first Emperor of Mexico. The author, a certain "El Rustico Anfriso" who is sometimes identified as Mariano Barazábal (1772-?), gathered these "poetic flowers" from his "little garden" in order to humbly offer them to the new emperor. The present work is deeply subjective and full of flattery - presenting Agustín I as a divinely anointed figure who played a righteous and all-important role in the Mexican War of Independence.
Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu (more commonly known as Agustín de Iturbide and later as Emperor Agustín I, 1783-1824) was an officer in the royal Spanish army fighting the forces rebelling against the Spanish crown at the start of the Mexican War of Independence, before changing sides in 1820.
The present work perfectly encapsulates the euphoric public opinion relating to the imperial coronation as a symbol of the new Mexican nation and can be seen as a poetic testament to the ideals of sovereignty, unity, social equality, and a new national identity.
With a contemporary manuscript annotation in brown ink in the text on page 9. Some professionally restored minor worm holes in the margins, never affecting the text, the edges of the leaves are very slightly frayed. Otherwise in very good condition. 1 copy in the collection of José Cecilio del Valle in the Biblioteca Ludwig von Mises at the Universidad Fancisco Marroquín in Guatemala (see the digitised version: https://archive.org/details/ramilletitoaleg00unseguat/mode/2up); WorldCat 558062592, 14579877 (6 copies).