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(MINING.) [Galvez, Josef de; compiler.]
Reales ordenanzas para la direccion,
régimen y gobierno del importante cuerpo de minería de Nueva-España.
Armorial plate depicting mining implements. [2], xlvi, 214 pages. Folio, contemporary calf,
minor wear; lone worm hole in upper margin, minimal dampstaining on bottom edge;
small collector’s tag on front pastedown.
Madrid, 1783
[600/900]
FIRST EDITION
.
“A rare and valuable compendium of the old mining laws and mineral
customs, printed only for the use of the parties concerned”—Sabin 56260. Medina, BHA 5040;
Palau 251937.
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(NEW MEXICO.) Pino, Pedro Baptista.
Exposición sucinta y sencilla de la
provincia del Nuevo México.
48, [3] pages. 4to, disbound, remnants of early wrapper
visible; moderate soiling to title page, a bit dog-eared.
Cádiz: Estado-Mayor-General, 1812
[3,000/4,000]
“
One of the chief authorities for writing the history of New Mexico during the first decade of
the nineteenth century”—Wagner-Camp 10a (gives the true author as Juan López
Cancelada). Graff 3296; Streeter sale I:406.
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