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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(MEXICAN IMPRINTS--1718.) Pair of imprints: Carochi's "Compendio del arte de la lengua mexicana," and a scarce 1718 legal case. Two items, as described below. Mexico, 1718 and 1759
Horacio Carochi. "Compendio del arte de la lengua mexicana." Frontispiece plate of Loyola. [24], 202 pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minimal wear; moderate worming, heavier toward rear, otherwise minimal wear to contents; modern bookplate of Manuel Alcala on front pastedown. Second edition of a 1645 grammar of Nahuatl. Medina, Mexico 4534; Palau 44871; Pilling 606; Sabin 10954. Mexico: Bibliotheca Mexicana, 1759.
"Excellentissimo señor . . . el real assiento de la polvora . . . en el pleyto que le han movido la Universidad de Mercaderes." [1], 23 leaves. Folio, 11 x 7 1/2 inches, disbound; moderate dampstaining. A printed legal case involving Francisco de Aguirre Gomendio (1657-1721), a merchant guild, and the gunpowder trade. One example in OCLC (Biblioteca Nacional de Chile), and none traced at auction. Medina, Mexico 2539; Sabin 98018. Mexico: viuda de Miguel de Rivera Calderón, 1718.
