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(MEXICO--1820.) Ruiz de Apodaca y Eliza, Juan. A pair of decrees concerning the abolition of the Inquisition in Mexico. Letterpress broadside, 42 x 30 cm, signed in manuscript; disbound on left edge, with printed seals on verso, and manuscript transmittal note dated 23 January attached * 4-page printed circular, 4to, signed in manuscript; disbound with slight loss in gutter, with printed transmittal note tipped to front. Folded to fit in a modern cloth binder. México, January 1821
The broadside decree reproduces the announcement from Fernando VII announcing the disposition of Inquisition property by auction, which begins "Las Cortes, usando de la facultad que se les concede pór la Constitucion, han decretado: art. primero: La Junta nacional del Crédito público procedera inmediatamente á la venta en subhasta, conforme á las leyes, de todos los bienes que le están asignados por los decretos y reglamentos de 1813, 1815 y 1818, é incluyendo los de la extinguida lnquisicion."
