Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 454

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MEXICO--1818.) Ruiz de Apodaca y Eliza, Juan. El Sr. Secretario . . . La introduccion de negros esclavos en America fué una de las primeras providencias que dictaron mis augustos predecesores. Letterpress broadside, 59 x 41 cm, on two conjoined sheets of sealed paper; edges unevenly trimmed, minor ink spotting, slight wear at intersection of folds; with rubric of Ruiz and secretarial signature. México, 29 April 1818

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The Viceroy of New Spain transmits the royal decree of 19 December 1817 banning the slave trade.