Manual compendio de el regio Patronato Indiano: Para su mas facil uso en las materias conduncentes à la practica

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Author: Antonio Joachin de R ibadeneyra Barrientos (1710-1773) Year: 1755 Publisher: Antonio Marin Place: Madrid Description: [24]+531 pages with engraved allegorical frontispiece and index. Small folio (11 1/2" x 8 1/2") bound in original full leather with raised spine bands and decorative gilt lettering. (Palau 266572. Sabin 70785) First edition. Full of original documents respecting the establishment of the Church in the Indies, and the protection of the Indians, together with all the bulls referred to, from that of Alexander VI to the time of publication. With the additional 24 preliminary leaves, not in all printings. The ancestors of Rivadeneira on both sides had served the Crown for centuries in the Reconquista, in high positions of Church and State, and in the conquests of Mexico and the Darién. Among his relatives is the Marquis de Moncada, lieutenant colonel of the Puebla Regiment. Rivadeneira received a bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Law from the University of Mexico. He obtained a scholarship at the Colegio Mayor de Todos Santos on November 11, 1731, served in various positions, competed for the Chair of Institutes, and remained in residence until 1746. The Audiencia de México approved him to practice as a lawyer in 1733. While still in Todos Santos, Rivadeneira began serving in various positions. He was an advisor to the mayors of the city and town of Carrión in Valle Atrisco. The interim viceroy-archbishop Juan de Bizarrón appointed him a lawyer for the poo

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