Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 486

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--PUEBLA.) [Fabian y Fuero, Francisco.] Coleccion de providencias dadas a fin de establecer la Santa Vida Comun. [2], 195 pages. 4to, contemporary wallpaper wrappers, moderate wear; minor foxing, minimal worming to first 3 leaves only, minimal wear to contents. [Puebla, 1770]

Additional Details

first edition. "A compilation of rules and orders for the conduct of civil and religious life, based upon the third provincial Council of Mexico, 1585. It also relates to the treatment of the Indians, the use of their language, etc."--Sabin 66551. It was reissued later that year, bound with "Coleccion de providencias diocesanas del Obispado de la Puebla de Los Angeles." Medina, Puebla 859; Palau 56647. No other examples of this first edition traced at auction.