Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 333

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(MEXICO--1743.) Fabry, José Antonio. Compendiosa demostracion de los crecidos adelantamientos que pudiera lograr la Real Hacienda de su magestad mediante la rebaja en el precio del azogue, que se consume para el laborio de las minas de este reyno. [78], 178 pages. 4to, later vellum, minor wear, minimal worming, hinges split; early signature on verso of title page, small Lúcas Alaman bookplate on front pastedown. México: Viuda de Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, 1743

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A treatise on the importance of inexpensive mercury to the silver mines of México and Peru. Medina, México 3652; Palau 86165; Sabin 23606. None known at auction in the past century.