82 242
153
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(SCIENCE.) Chaves, Jerónimo de.
Chronographia o reportorio de tiempos.
2 maps in text, many other woodcut illustrations. 224, 125-163 leaves. 4to, later
1
/
2
calf,
sticker on spine, minor wear; title page worn and laid down, worming with restoration to
many leaves (mostly in margins), minor dampstaining, edges tinted red; title page in red and
black; Antonio Moreira Cabral bookplate and dealer tag on front pastedown, small inked
“MM” stamp on verso of title and page 52.
Seville: Díaz, 1584
[2,000/3,000]
7th edition of a work on the calendar. The final pages contain a list of adjustments for many
New World towns, and a map of the Americas appears in page 92. European Americana
584/15; Medina, BHA 282 (“entre varios pasajes relativos á América citaremos la tabla y
catálogo de le las principales ciudades de las Indias Occidentales del Mar Océano, que se halla
al fin de la obra”).
153
150
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(PHILIPPINES.) Saenz, Manuel.
Respuesta legal al memorial que el Padre
Fray Manuel Gutierrez . . . sobre que se declarasse decidida la causa de su
furtiva reincorporacion a la provincia de Mexico.
[1], 6, 7 leaves. Folio, stitched;
minor soiling, worn in margins without loss of text.
[Madrid or Manila, 1752?]
[300/400]
Subcaption reads “Que el Padre lector Fray Manuel Saenz, del expresado orden de San
Agustin, ofrece con el mayor rendimiento a los reales pies de V. Mag. en nombre de su provincia
de Philipinas.” Palau 284257 (lists this as a Madrid imprint). One copy in OCLC, at the
Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico, where it is described as printed in the Philippines.
151
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(PUERTO RICO.) Fernando VII, King of Spain.
Real cedula de S. M. que
contiene el reglamento para la poblacion y fomento del comercio, industria y
agricultura de la Isla de Puertorico.
[7] leaves plus final blank. Folio, self-wrappers;
minor worming and dampstaining in top margin.
Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1815
[600/900]
The “Royal Decree of Graces” which played a major role in encouraging settlement of Puerto
Rico. Palau 250799; no others known at auction.
152
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(RELIGION.)
Decreto en que propone su Santidad, el trato a los
Regulares, (and 6 other papal decrees).
33 leaves. 4to, contemporary limp calf; damp-
staining.
Np, 1621-93
[500/750]
Contemporary Spanish manuscript translation of Clement IX’s papal bull banning clergy from
trade, Rome, 17 June 1669; also other decrees dated 21 September 1624; 1 March 1693; [12
February 1679]; and three undated from the same era by Alexander VII, Innocent X, and
Alexander VIII.