Mar 10, 2020 - Sale 2533

Sale 2533 - Lot 307

Price Realized: $ 1,250
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1728.) Acuña, Juan de, Marqués de Casa Fuerte. Decree forbidding the use of the quapatle root in pulque. 3 pages, 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, on one folding sheet, with inked stamp of Casa Fuerte as Viceroy of New Spain, addressed to the Alcalde of Zumpango, with additional signed and sealed transmittal note on final blank; moderate worming and dampstaining. Mexico, 1 March 1728
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A decree forbidding the use of the palo quapatle root in the alcoholic beverage pulque. While the decreee makes clear that pulque itself is already forbidden, it attempts to counter perceptions that quapatle made pulque a more healthful beverage. The text reads "D. Juan de Acuña, Marqués de Casa-Fuerte. . . . Que contra la Bebida de el Pulque, que hizo un Religioso Mercenario, y os di Orden para que con ningún motivo, ni pretexto, permitiesseis, que á la Bebida referida, se mesclasse el Palo Quapatle, ni otro ingrediente nocivo que pudiera viciarle, y perjudicar á la salud pública.' Not traced in Medina's Mexican imprints, OCLC or at auction.