(MEXICO 1667) Montemayor de Cuenca Juan Francisco Excubatio

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(MEXICO--1667.) Montemayor de Cuenca, Juan Francisco. Excubationes semicentum ex decisionibus regiae chancellariae sancti dominici, insulae vulgo dictae española totius novi orbis primatis. [16], 165 leaves, 166-281, 40 pages. 4to, later vellum, minor wear; internally quite clean, edges tinted; early inscriptions on half-title and title page. México: Francisco Rodríguez Lupercio, 1667

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A collection of law reports relating to the Spanish colony at Santo Domingo on Hispaniola (now in the Dominican Republic), compiled by its former governor. With the appendix "Propugnatio pro regia iurisdictione et authoritate," not always present as it had been censored by the Inquisition. Medina, México 976; Palau 17803 (does not note appendix). Only one other copy known at auction, possibly this copy.