(MEXICAN IMPRINT 1622) Sanctum provinciale concilium Mexici

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1622.) Sanctum provinciale concilium Mexici. Engraved title page, illustrated secondary title page. [5], 102, [1], 38, [1] leaves. Folio, early mottled calf, minor wear; front free endpaper adhered to pastedown, engraved title page worn with some loss and early repairs, minor dampstaining, a few early notes in margins, final leaf laid down, lacking rear free endpaper; early inscription on verso of title page. Mexico: Juan Ruiz, 1622

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First edition. The first publication of the comprehensive social code of New Spain decreed by the Third Mexican Concilium in 1585. Largely concerned with missionary activities and the rights of the Indians. Each source collates the preliminaries of this work differently, but this copy has the usual 3-page Juan de la Serna dedication which was not noted by Medina, Palau, or Sabin. Medina, Mexico 343; Palau 293978; Sabin 48373; Szewczyk, 39 Books and Broadsides 29.