Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 247

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(LIMA--1764.) Alday y Aspée, Manuel de. Synodo diocesana. [8], 170, [25]; [14], 168 pages. 2 volumes in one. Folio, contemporary vellum, minor wear; minimal foxing; half-title in red and blue, first title in red and black, and second title in red, green and black; small embossed stamp on half-title, early inscriptions on title page, inked library stamp on third leaf Lima: Oficina de la Calle de la 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.