Apr 27, 2017 - Sale 2444

Sale 2444 - Lot 365

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(PERU.) Rodríguez Delgado, Augustin. Constituciones Synodales establecidas por . . . Obispo de la ciudad de Nuestra Señora de la Paz. Frontispiece plate. [14], 36, 34-137, [1], 264-338, 139-146, [58] pages (erratically paginated). Folio, contemporary vellum, worn and stained; minor dampstaining, somewhat musty, early manuscript notes including heroic efforts to correct the page numbers. Lima: Real Govierno, 1739
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The results of a synod held in 1738 in La Paz (now Bolivia). The frontispiece depicts Mary and the infant Jesus, with six children's faces in the bottom border apparently representing the four brothers and two sisters of Jesus. Medina, Lima 924; Sabin 72539. 5 copies in OCLC, none traced at auction since 1981 (and that one lacking the frontispiece).