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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1615.) Alvaro de Fuentes. Libro de quentas, y reducciones de plata y oro . . .para la contratacion desta provincia de Guathemala. 154, 3 [of 4?] leaves. Illustrations on leaves 8 and 155, 12mo, quite worn; lacking at least 23 leaves (leaves 2, 3, 48-63, 68, 69, 125, 126, and the leaf after 155), otherwise worn and dampstained; collector's tag of Luis Garcia Pimentel on inner cover. Mexico: Juan Ruiz, 1615
Consists mostly of tables for converting gold and silver. The Iberian Books database notes "no surviving copy--this work could be a bibliographical ghost." None in OCLC. Medina, Mexico 294 (citing only a manuscript note seen in a copy of Beristain); Palau 95467 (citing a copy sold by Porrua Hermanos in 1949, possibly this copy?).
