Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 224

Price Realized: $ 875
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(LIMA--1652.) Villagómez, Pedro de. A pair of ecclesiastical censures issued by the Archbishop of Lima. Printed forms completed in manuscript, each about 42 x 31 cm, moderate wear at folds and edges Lima, 25 October 1652 and 21 May 1655

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The first relates to Pedro Fernándes de la Bandera, and the second to Joseph Lorenzo Moreno's Angolan slave Maria Yerrato. The forms are from different printings, the first beginning "Nos el Doctor Don Pedro de Villa Gomez, por la gracia de Dios," and printed in 8 and 21 lines. The second has the same opening, except that Villagomez is spelled as one word, and is printed in 8 and 11 lines.