Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 290

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
THREE-COLOR PRINTING IN LIMA (CHILE.) Alday y Aspée, Manuel de. Synodo diocesana. [8], 170, [25]; [14], 168 pages. 2 volumes in one. Folio, later 1/4 sheep, moderate wear; half-title in red and blue, first title in red and black, and second title in red, green and black; moderate dampstaining; 1849 gift inscription on title page, edges tinted yellow Lima: Oficina de la Calle de al Encarnacion, 1764

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first edition of the 1763 synod. Synods held by the Bishops of Santiago in Chile: by Alday y Aspée in 1763, and by Carrasco y Saavedra in 1690. The second title page is a very early example of three-color printing--we know of none earlier in the Americas. Medina, Lima 1210; Palau 325995-6.