Mar 10, 2020 - Sale 2533

Sale 2533 - Lot 309

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1742.) Villaseñor y Sanchez, José Antonio de. Respuesta . . . en que defiende no ser el precio del Azogue el que dá motivo á que no se costeen las minas de cortas leyes. [38], 136, [1] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, worn; moderate dampstaining and minor wear to fore-edge, lacking rear free endpaper; early inked library stamp on second leaf and pages 101 and 136. Mexico: viuda de Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, 1742

Additional Details

A discussion of the laws regarding the production of mercury for silver mining, by the author of the popular Teatro Americano. Medina 3630; Palau 368822. 4 in OCLC, and none traced at auction.