[Peruvian Mining Laws]:

$3,000 · Offered by William Reese Company

REALES ORDENANZAS PARA LA DIRECCION, REGIMEN Y GOBIERNO DEL IMPORTANTE CUERPO DE LA MINERIA DE NUEVA-ESPAÑA Y DE SU REAL TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE ORDEN DE SU ... The first Lima edition of these royal ordinances governing mining in New Spain. "A rare and valuable compendium of the old mining laws and mineral customs, printed only for the use of the parties concerned" - Sabin. The date on the titlepage is printed as 1785 with a correction in manuscript altering it to read 1786. Although Vargas Ugarte gives each of these titles a separate number, Medina lists them as one item and indicates the manuscript correction of the date on the titlepage. This edition is not noted by Sabin, though he does record the more common second edition, printed the same year.

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