(MEXICO) Real ordenanza para el establecimiento de intend

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(MEXICO.) Real ordenanza para el establecimiento . . . de intendentes de exército y provincia en el reino de la Nueva-España. Frontispiece plate, a bit dampstained. [2], lx, 410, [202]. Folio, contemporary marbled calf, minor wear; lone wormhole in outer margin, edges tinted yellow; "Sonora" inscribed on page 410, later owner's inked stamp on flyleaf, dealer tag on front pastedown. Madrid, 1786

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first edition. Includes the appendix "Leyes de la Recopilacion de Indias" (sometimes lacking). "This body of laws, relating to the government of Mexico and its provinces, is of the highest importance to the student of Mexican colonial history"--Sabin 56259, 26482. Medina BHA 5172 (best collation); Palau 202983.