Montevideo, Numero, (1950). One of 1000 numbered copies, this copy inscribed by Borges in the year of publication to Emilio Oribe, the poet, and his closest friend in Uruguay: "Para el amigo Oribe, con el afecto de/ Jorge Luis Borges/ Montevideo - 1950." A notable literary association: Oribe was a modernist poet associated both with Borges' "school" of "ultraismo" as well as the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, one of the foremost Iberian poets of the 20th century. A small but significant volume by Borges -- an essay on Argentine folk literature that attempts to establish its place in the overall context of world literature. Small bookplate of the noted Argentine collector Federico Vogelius -- perhaps the most important collector of 20th century Latin American literature and art; margins and covers age-darkened; very good in stapled wrappers. Borges was generous about signing books, but significant association copies of his works are uncommon. [#022302] SOLD