Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 5

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(ARGENTINA.) Real ordenanza para el establecimiento é instruccion de intendentes de exército y provincia en el Virreinato de Buenos-Aires. Frontispiece armorial plate. [60], 326, [136], 24 pages. Folio, later stamped calf; extensive early marginal notes, 2 manuscript leaves tipped in after page 266, plate is defective and restored, with three inked library stamps. Madrid: Imprenta Real, [1783]

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The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was broken off from Peru in 1776, with Buenos Aires as its capital. These ordinances established the principles for its governance. Medina BHA 5011; Palau 202982; Sabin 68245.