Mar 10, 2020 - Sale 2533

Sale 2533 - Lot 315

Price Realized: $ 1,250
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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1772.) Lorenzana, Francisco Antonio. Archbishop's decree to manage Mexico City by geography rather than racial caste. Letterpress broadside, 22 x 15 1/2 inches, on 4 conjoined sheets, signed in manuscript "Fran'co Arzibispo de Mexico, electo de Toledo," and by a secretary; minor wear including 3 long narrow perforations not substantially affecting text. Mexico, 3 March 1772
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Order for Mexico City to be divided into 16 parishes for religious purposes, eliminating a previous system under which Indians, Spaniards, mestizos, mulattos, and other castes were administered under separate parishes. The broadside is headed 'Nos D. Francisco Antonio Lorenzana por la Gracia de Dios" and explains that "se dignó Su Magestad aprobar el Plan, que formamos para la División y asignación de Territorio, y límites de todas las Parroquias de esta Ciudad, comprendiéndose en cada una los Feligreses, Españoles, Indios, Mestizos, Mulato, Negros y de otras Castas con separación de Libros Parroquiales.' Geographical divisions for each of the new parishes are listed. Archbishop Lorenzana had just recently been recalled to Spain to serve as Archbishop of Toledo. None traced in OCLC or at auction; not in Medina, Mexico.