Apr 13, 2023 - Sale 2633

Sale 2633 - Lot 221

Price Realized: $ 750
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1785.) Bernardo de Gálvez. Decree announcing the creation of the Real Compañia de Filipinas. Letterpress broadside, 23 1/2 x 19 inches on two conjoined sheets of sealed paper, titled "En real cédula de 10 de Marzo . . . aprobar una poderosa compañía para el comercio de Filipinas y demas partes de la Asia"; faint dampstaining; signed with rubric of Gálvez and by José de Gorraes as secretary. Mexico, 22 November 1785
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The Viceroy of New Spain announces the formation of the Real Compañia de Filipinas to advance trade with the Philippines and beyond, including the first American printing of King Carlos III's important decree. It granted the new company a near-monopoly on trade with the Philippines, cutting into New Spain's lucrative trade, although the famed Manila-Acapulco galleons continued. Not in Medina, Mexico. Medina, Filipinas 538 (Madrid edition only); Palau 249957 (Madrid edition only). One copy in OCLC.