Apr 13, 2023 - Sale 2633

Sale 2633 - Lot 204

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1645.) Francisco de Samaniego. La irregularidad de ilegitimidad . . . pueden dispensarla los señores obispos. [12], 5-44 leaves. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; dampstaining; partial marcas de fuego on top and bottom edges; early signature on title page. [Mexico, 1645]

Additional Details

A discussion of the legal powers of the church in New Spain, by a longtime official in the Mexican court. Published without a proper title page. Two institutional copies traced (British Library and Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina in Seville); none traced at auction since the 1869 Andrade sale. Medina, Mexico 611; Palau 288946 ("es obra valuosa"); Sabin 75884.