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Ordenanzas para el govierno de la labor de monedas de oro, y plata que se fabricaren en la Real casa de Lima. Formadas por las establecidas para la de Mexico, en lo que son adaptables, y arregladas, en lo que no lo son, à lo resuelto por Su Magestad en real cedula de 11. de noviembre de 1755. Impresas de orden del Excmo. Sor. Don Joseph Antonio Manso de Velasco, conde de Superunda ... virrey, governador, y capitan general de estas provincias de el Perù, y Chile
by [Peru, Viceroyalty of] Manso de Velasco, José A
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- A good copy; tissue repairs to backstrip, boards edge worn and moderately scuffed, bookplate of Félix Francisco Martín y Herre
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East Jewett, New York, United States
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About This Item
[Lima]: En la Imprenta nueva de los Niños huerphanos, por P. Gonzales, 1759. First edition. Contemporary brown calf, embossed boards. A good copy; tissue repairs to backstrip, boards edge worn and moderately scuffed, bookplate of Félix Francisco Martín y Herrera on front pastedown, lacking front endpaper, inked notations on front blank, reattached, and rear endpaper, joint cracked, title page worn and torn at inner margin, with two small stains affecting, but not obscuring the text, repaired tears on corners of last page of index, marginal dampstains, mainly to the upper corners, and fingersoilings, a few wormholes, but text is quite good.. [2] leaves, 84 pp., [5 pp. indice], blank. Sm. 4to. Rare first edition of coinage ordinances for the mint in Lima, modeled on Mexico's, published just four years earlier, but adapted to the needs of Lima. See Manuel Moreyra: "Apuntes sobre la historia de la moneda colonial en el peru," republished in La moneda colonial en el Perú (1980). Both the later 1788 edition and this first are uncommon: Not at the BN Spain nor in any European Libraries. OCLC locates two copies of the first at NYPL and JCB; there is also one at the BN Chile. Provenance: Felix Francisco Martín y Herrera (1918-2006) Argentinean Lawyer. Palau 203104 (1788 edition only). Medina: Lima 1132. López de Azcona: Bibliografía minera hispano americana 1457. Maffei & Figueroa 3596. Moreno 1236.
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- Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43910
- Title
- Ordenanzas para el govierno de la labor de monedas de oro, y plata que se fabricaren en la Real casa de Lima. Formadas por las establecidas para la de Mexico, en lo que son adaptables, y arregladas, en lo que no lo son, à lo resuelto por Su Magestad en real cedula de 11. de noviembre de 1755. Impresas de orden del Excmo. Sor. Don Joseph Antonio Manso de Velasco, conde de Superunda ... virrey, governador, y capitan general de estas provincias de el Perù, y Chile
- Author
- [Peru, Viceroyalty of] Manso de Velasco, José A
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary brown calf, embossed boards
- Book Condition
- Used - A good copy; tissue repairs to backstrip, boards edge worn and moderately scuffed, bookplate of Félix Francisco Martín y Herre
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- En la Imprenta nueva de los Niños huerphanos, por P. Gonzales
- Place of Publication
- [Lima]
- Date Published
- 1759
- Keywords
- Money & Metals, , Latin America, Law, South America, Money & Metals, Peru, Mints money coinage numismatics , Book
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Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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About Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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