Apr 27, 2017 - Sale 2444

Sale 2444 - Lot 364

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(PERU.) Ordenanzas para el gobierno de la labor de monedas de oro, y plata que se fabricaren en la Real Casa de Lima. [8], 84, [5] pages. Folio, contemporary calf, moderate wear, crude repairs to backstrip; moderate dampstaining and finger-soiling, minor worming, title page worn, final leaf with loss at both corners and early repairs; bookplate of Félix Francisco Martín y Herrera on front pastedown. [Lima]: Niños Huerphanos, por Paulino Gonzáles, 1759

Additional Details

first edition of Peruvian coinage ordinances printed by order of Viceroy José Antonio Manso de Velasco. Medina, Lima 1132; Palau 203104 (1788 edition only). 2 copies in OCLC, and only one other sold at auction since 1967.