EL CÓNDOR DE BOLIVIA the  first Bolivian newspaper - November 12th. 1825

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Facsimille of the First Boliviana Newspaper EL CÓNDOR DE BOLIVIA, November 1825–1828

 

Weekly newspaper -  Thrusday distribution

 

SOURCE:

Facsimile of the National Archive of Bolivian History, Sucre Bolivia

 

PRINTER:

IMPRENTA UNIVERSITARIA

 

It was printed with limited resources and materials

They had 3 typefaces, not all of them with a complete size set, so they would compose some paragraph mixing sizes

 

Punches and press were brought from Buenos Aires, they were used by soldiers for independence propaganda.

Punches and presses originally imported from Europe, Spain mostly.

 

They used paper FLORETE 80 gr. weight

They also used the punches for government proclamation and first school books