Account Ledger, in Spanish, manuscript on paper [Peru, Lima, 1788–1793]

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Author: Francisco Garrido and Associates Year: 1788–1793 Publisher: Manuscript Place: Lima Description: i (paper) + 139 + i (paper) leaves, foliated in a contemporary hand 1–110, with additional blank unfoliated leaves interspersed between ledger entries. Folio (13" x 8 3/4) bound in original limp vellum over pasteboard wrappers with leather thongs looping through the gatherings with hand written lettering to spine and cover. at least four watermarks identified: a bull above the name "COSTA," a monstrance bearing the monogram "IHS" surmounted by a bird, the name "FIORELLO STEFANO," and a cartouche with a cross surmounted by a crown and flanked by two eagles above the name "QUARTINO," blind ruled in a single column with entries of varying lengths and registers, written in brown ink in several eighteenth-century notarial hands, many entries concluded with elaborate paraphs and flourished signatures, title page in large looping cursive reads "TERCERA CUENTA DE BUENAS MEMORIAS." Unfoliated leaves: lists and summaries of individual buenas memorias and capellanías (chantry endowments), dated 1788–1793; ff. 1–3, statements auditing ecclesiastical and charitable revenues; ff. 4–7, audit statements for chantry revenues; ff. 8–14, treasury balancing statements and expense ledgers; ff. 15–72, detailed records of income and expenditures for individual buenas memorias foundations; ff. 73–74, summary registers of charges, payments, and balances; ff. 75–101, addenda and supplementary accoun

• Binding: Hardcover

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