Mar 18, 2010 - Sale 2207

Sale 2207 - Lot 400

Price Realized: $ 360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(MEXICO.) Branciforte, Miguel de la Grúa y Talamanca, Marqués de. Group of 7 broadside proclamations as Viceroy. Letterpress broadsides, various sizes and conditions, most about 17 x 12 inches with only minor flaws. Mexico and Orizaba, 1794-98

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Branciforte was a famously corrupt Viceroy of New Spain. Includes proclamations dated 30 December 1794 (announcing an investigation of his popular predecessor Revillagigedo), 13 September 1796, 31 October 1796, 29 August 1797, 31 August 1797, 26 November 1797, and 10 January 1798.