Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 393

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(MEXICO--1778.) Constituciones, y ordenanzas, para el regimen, y gobierno del Hospital Real, y General de los Indios. [34], 64 pages. Folio, contemporary vellum from another volume, minor wear; marginal repairs and minor staining to title page, otherwise quite clean. México: Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, 1778

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Constitutions of one of the earliest hospitals established under Spanish rule in the New World, chartered in 1553 for the use of indigent Indians. Includes a long historical prologue. Guerra, Medica Mexicana 419; Medina, México 6091; Palau 60068; Wellcome Americana M.103.