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1783WRCAM15744Bilbao 1783. 10pp. Quarto. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Very good. A rare Spanish edition of the preliminary articles of peace between Spain and England which ended their conflict in the American Revolution. The primary impact of this treaty was to return the Floridas to Spain thus setting the stage for conflicts between the United States and Spain on its southern and western borders and ending twenty years of British control of the Floridas which had effectively been lost when Galvez seized Pensacola in 1781. DAVENPORT 170. SERVIES 597 Madrid ed. hardcover books
178933489in manuscript: Madrid 21 February 1789. Folio 30.5 cm; 12". 3 pp. <br><br>The king asks all government officials to pay attention to the requirements of their jobs and to earn their salaries.<br>Â Â Â Â Searches of NUC and WorldCat find => no copies. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Medina BHA. Folded as issued; lower margin irregular with mild damp damage. unknown books
177120392Barcelona 1771. Folio. 4 ff. <br><br>Republication for the Catalan region of a royal decree San Lorenzo 14 November 1771 prohibiting importation of cotton goods manufactured abroad. Contains a decorative woodcut initial. Half vellum with brown cloth sides by Brugalla. Very good copy. hardcover books
17872595Barcelona 1787. Folio. 2 ff. <br><br>Francisco González de Bassecourt promulgates for the citizens of Barcelona an edict limiting the number of horses or mules that coaches are permitted to use when travelling in or through cities and towns in the kingdom: The king sought to limit the speed that carriages travelled and the number of accidents that befell unwary pedestrians. The decree was originally promulgated in Aranjuez on 21 June 1787 and published in Madrid. Folded as issued; some light foxing. unknown books
17882615in manuscript at end Madrid 4 July 1788. Folio. 2 ff. final page blank. <br><br>The officials of the Royal Accounting Office in Buenos Aires have complained to the king of ill-treatment at the hands of other government officials and the king here declares how the accountants are to be treated. Folded as issued. unknown books
174820447Barcelona 1748. Folio. 2 ff. <br><br>A very detailed report on the Guarias' factory which now has 71 looms but is capable of housing more than 100. Contains a listing all the major pieces of equipment including: "seis Tablas de pintar una Prensa ò Calandrìa Bruñidor . . . Tornos . . . Urdidores y una Caldera. . . . " Begins with a handsome criblé decorative woodcut initial. Sewn as issued. unknown books
177320448Barcelona 1773. Folio. 1 f. <br><br>Republication for the Catalan region by Don Bernardo O'Connor of a royal decree El Pardo 20 February 1773 forbidding further importation of muslin fabrics but permitting the untaxed sale of muslin goods already imported and not yet sold.<br>Â Â Â Â The permission was previously granted for a period of four years which have expired and the king extends the permission for another two. A large decorative woodcut initial begins the main text which is printed in double-column format. Edges a little dog-eared; minor foxing; one fold. unknown books
176020445Barcelona 1760. Double folio 395 x 305 mm. 1 f. <br><br>Decree prohibiting clothing ornaments that might be confused with military uniforms; promulgated in Catalonia by Jaime Miguel de Guzmán Capitan General de Catalonia. Folded once; edges a little dog-eared and inner margin missing small pieces of paper. hardcover books
179433683in text Mexico 30 December 1794. Folio 43 cm; 17". 1 p. <br><br>The viceroy publishes this announcement that the king has appointed him to carry out the residencia hearing into the administration of his predecessor the Count Revillagigedo. Copy initialed by Branciforte and countersigned by José Ignacio Negreyros y Soria.<br>Â Â Â Â =>Apparently held by only one U.S. library.<br>Â Â Â Â This copy was sent to the town of Tulancingo; it has docketing information on the blank verso stating that it was received there and that => Juan de la Cruz a bilingual Indian read the decree to a large crowd on market day 15 January 1795. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Medina Mexico. Very good condition. Small longitudinal fold tears in the very middle of the leaf. unknown books
17759578Madrid: Consejo de Indias 1775. Boards. Very good. Folio. 8pp. Bound in modern circa 1900 white boards over brown cloth spine hand lettered. The judgment of the Spanish Council on Joseph Solanos governorship of Venezuela 1763-1770. The various charges against him were absolved. Consejo de Indias hardcover books
178444155Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta 1784. First edition. Contemporary mottled calf compartments decorated in gilt red morocco spine label titled in gilt sewn in green silk ribbon marbled endpapers. A very good copy head band worn with a small chip and a tiny split at the joint owner's bookplate and booksellers engraved plate on front pastedown contents quite bright and clean. 104 91 135 144 4 74 pp. 4to. Five volumes bound in one. Parts 1 2 3 set in condensed type; parts 4 and 5 in expanded type. Royal decrees from Charles III and instructions decisions and regulations issued by the Consejo en el Extraordinario and its president the Conde de Aranda and others--concerning the expulsion of the Jesuits. "These collections contain the documents relative to the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Spanish dominions and the confiscation of their property including the names of the colleges and houses of the order the application of the confiscated property &c. A complete series consists of five parts which are rarely found together. Our collation is of parts I. to III. only" Sabin 14304. Part 4 p. 75-127 contains the papal brief "Dominus ac Redemptor" by Clement XIV in Latin and Spanish. Earlier versions containing parts or all of the first three sections are not all that uncommon but those containing all five parts remain relatively rare. Other than this copy only two others have appeared in the auction records of ABPC and RBH since 1953 the first at the John B. Stetson sale at Parke Bernet and the second at Bonhams in a modern binding and dampstained. Palau 56516. See Sabin 14304. Medina BHA: IV 4228. En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta unknown books
1786WRCAM10734London: Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke 1786. 15pp. printed in double-column format in parallel English and French. Small quarto. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Near fine. The 1783 treaty between Spain and England had been concluded as part of the general ending of the American War of Independence and left a number of points unresolved. This document settles issues relating to South America Central America and the Caribbean. Specific points include a British pledge to evacuate the land of the "Mosquito" Indians in Belize and other Spanish possessions in return for the right to gather fruits and wood "without even excepting mahogany." OCLC locates five copies. A scarce treaty with significant ramifications for colonial Latin America. DAVENPORT 175. OCLC 12651227. Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke hardcover books
173936319London: Printed for T. Cooper. 1739. 63 1 blank pp. Bound in modern vellum. Early leaves dusted minor scattered foxing. Else Very Good. <br/><br/> "In Spanish and English and relates principally to affairs in America" Sabin with particular emphasis on Florida. The book charges that the King of England authorized Captains of the ships 'Pompey Galley' and 'Fortune' to cruise the Florida coast and collect loot from ship-wrecks. With a force of 600 men the English overpowered Spaniards who were guarding their own collection of salvaged loot and "did rob about 400000 pesoes without any other pretense but that of their greediness." <br/> The Madrid printing in Spanish issued earlier in 1739.The document sets forth Spanish grievances dating from the early 1700s relating to conflicts in the New World-- from Newfoundland to Florida and the West Indies. The conflicts came to a head in the War of Jenkins' Ear commenced in October 1739. <br/>Sabin 17026. Servies 334. Bartlett John Carter Brown Library 618. ESTC N27944. Printed for T. Cooper... unknown books
174934853Buen Retiro: No publisher/printer 1749. Small folio 29 cm; 11.5". 2 ff. last p. blank. <br><br>The king announces that with the signing of the peace treaty ending the War of the Austrian Succession 174048 he is ordering the cancelling of several wartime economic measures especially relating to taxes and special duties. Dated in text 2 December this would surely have been a most welcome Christmas present! Removed from a binding with sewing holes in inner margins. Date of decree in ink at top of first page. Very good. No publisher/printer unknown books
17982674Aranjuez 23 February 1798. Folio 288 x 210 mm. 3 ff. <br><br>Decree confirming Pedro Inocencio Bejarano as bishop of Buenos Aires succeeding the late Manuel de Azamor y Ramírez. Written in a cursive hand. With in addition to the stamped royal signature those of various witnesses. Stitched. unknown books
1769WRCAM48900Madrid 1769. 11pp. Gathered signatures stitched. Minor toning some loss to the last leaf affecting the stamped signature of the King and a couple of other words. Good. A royal decree discussing the finances of the Jesuit order in the Spanish territories after their expulsion from Spain in 1767 stamp- signed by King Charles III and docketed by his secretary. unknown books
1769WRCAM48901Madrid 1769. 7pp. Gathered signatures stitched. Minor worming. Very good. A royal decree attempting to suppress satirical publications of the Jesuit order mentioning "San Ignacio de Loyola" the founder of the Jesuits more than two centuries earlier. Issued after the suppression of the order this is specifically aimed at illicit works printed and circulated in Barcelona. The document is stamp-signed by King Charles III and secretarially docketed. unknown books
1797WRCAM38066Madrid 1797. Broadside 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. With integral blank leaf. Dbd. with old stitching holes in inner margin. Maltese cross at head of title printed entirely in italic type. Contemporary and later manuscript annotations in ink and later pencil annotation on printed sheet. Accomplished in manuscript at Soria Spain in July 1797 printed signature of "Manuél de Asprér" accompanied by his paraph "rúbrica". Moderately soiled particularly at margins slight chipping at edges. A good copy. A rare document printed in the late 1790s concerned with the astonishing prices for grains seeds and barley in Spain at the time. In order to avoid this situation in the future the author of the memorandum Manuél de Asprér requests that all local priests supply estimates of the next harvest of all types of grains. Printed entirely in italic type and accomplished in manuscript in Soria Spain in July 1797. Not recorded in OCLC. unknown books
178442977Madrid: En la Imprenta Real 1784. First edition. Modern cloth with gilt titles. Lacking last paragraph and index provided in facsimile closely trimmed but quite clean. 122 of 125 pp. 24mo. The first volume of what would eventually become 53 volumes. En la Imprenta Real hardcover books
1790657681790. Eighteenth-Century Spanish Regulations Concerning Loans to Government Officials Spain. Loans. Pensions. Monte Pio de Corregidores y Alcaldes Mayores que nombra S.M. Inclusos los del Territorio de las Ordenes Militares. Madrid: En la Imprenta de Don Benio Cano 1790. 467 pp. Folio 11-3/4" x 8-1/4". Contemporary tree sheep gilt fillets to boards gilt fillets and ornaments to spine gilt tooling to board edges marbled endpaper detached ribbon marker laid in. Some minor nicks to boards moderate rubbing to extremities corners bumped. Very light toning to text faint dampstaining to a few leaves a few minor worn holes. A handsome copy. $750. Only edition. A collection of legislation establishing a system of low-interest loans for aldermen mayors and the governors of military districts in Spain and New Spain. This legislation has its roots in the "Mounts of Piety" a system of pawnbrokers run as a charity by the Catholic Church in Europe in the Late Middle Ages to offer low-interest loans to the needy. The regulations in the present volume offered low-interest loans from the state treasury secured against amounts intended to fund the borrower's pension. OCLC locates 1 copy in North America Duke University. Palau Manual del Librero Hispano-Americano 177.666. unknown books
1762WRCAM35234London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1762. 271pp. Quarto. Dbd. Chip in fore-edge of titlepage a few fox marks. Very good. An interesting and important collection of documents regarding British-Spanish relations toward the close of the French and Indian War. Most of the letters and papers are by Prime Minister William Pitt; Secretary of State for the Southern Department Sir Charles Wyndham the Earl of Egremont; and George Hervey the Earl of Bristol who was the British envoy at Madrid. Though not engaged in open warfare with Spain relations between Great Britain and Spain were tense and deteriorating in the late 1750s and early 1760s especially over issues of fishing rights in Newfoundland territory in the West Indies and Spanish support for the French. Though Pitt resigned as Prime Minister in late 1761 Great Britain declared war on Spain in early 1762. This collection prints documents explaining and justifying the Pitt administration's actions in the years leading up to the declaration of war. Several of the letters contain minute details of meetings and conferences between the Earl of Bristol and Spanish envoys and the Earl of Egremont's reply described by the DNB as a "masterly state paper" to the Spanish Ambassador Fuentes is included as well. There is much of American interest throughout including the British side of the story with regard to Newfoundland fisheries and the West Indies. Spain would ultimately lose Florida in the peace that settled the Seven Years' War. Not in Sabin. TPL 6496. O'DEA 168. Printed by Mark Baskett unknown books
1762WRCAM41505London: Printed by E. Owen and T. Harrison in Warwick Lane 1762. 4279pp. French and English titlepages with parallel text on facing pages. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards spine gilt leather label. Boards and extremities rubbed. Bookplate of Alberto Parreño on front pastedown. Some slight offsetting on titlepages else quite clean internally. Very good. An interesting and important collection of documents regarding British-Spanish relations toward the close of the French and Indian War in it's rare French and English edition. Most of the letters and papers are by Prime Minister William Pitt; Secretary of State for the Southern Department Sir Charles Wyndham the Earl of Egremont; and George Hervey the Earl of Bristol who was the British envoy at Madrid. Though not engaged in open warfare with Spain relations between Great Britain and Spain were tense and deteriorating in the late 1750s and early 1760s especially over issues of fishing rights in Newfoundland territory in the West Indies and Spanish support for the French. Though Pitt resigned as Prime Minister in late 1761 Great Britain declared war on Spain in early 1762. This collection prints documents explaining and justifying the Pitt administration's actions in the years leading up to the declaration of war. Several of the letters contain minute details of meetings and conferences between the Earl of Bristol and Spanish envoys and the Earl of Egremont's reply described by the DNB as a "masterly state paper" to the Spanish Ambassador Fuentes is included as well. There is much of American interest throughout including the British side of the story with regard to Newfoundland fisheries and the West Indies. Spain would ultimately lose Florida in the peace that settled the Seven Years' War. SABIN 58483. Printed by E. Owen and T. Harrison, in Warwick Lane hardcover books
1783WRCAM20839London 1783. 10pp. printed in double-column format in parallel French and English. Small quarto. Dbd. Some old minor ink underscoring. Else very good. Untrimmed. In a half morocco box. The official English publication of the preliminary articles of peace between Spain and England. By this treaty an armistice was concluded Britain gave back the Floridas to Spain and Spain restored the Bahamas to England. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 83-44. DAVENPORT 170. unknown books
1795689451795. Madrid 1795. Folio 11-3/4" x 8". Madrid 1795. Folio 11-3/4" x 8". King Carlos IV Organizes Spain's Lucrative Silver Mines of Potosi Spain. Real Banco de San Carlos de Potosi. Real Cedula de Incorporacion de el Banco de Potosi a la Real Hacienda y Ordenanzas Para su Regimen y Gobierno: Con Arreglo a las Leyes de Indias y Demas Reales Disposiciones que al Margen se Citan: de Orden de S.M. Madrid: En la Imprenta de Don Benito Cano 1795. xii 67 107 pp. Final 107 un-numbered pages are charts and tables 4 folding. Folio 11-3/4" x 8". Contemporary tree sheep gilt fillets to boards gilt fillets to spine recased endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some loss to gilding spine abraded corners bumped and lightly worn. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places faint dampstaining to preliminaries and a few other leaves light edgewear to one of the folding tables. A handsome copy $2500. Only edition. The Bank of Potosi was organized to manage the network of mines in Potosi a mountain in present-day Bolivia. Worked by a brutally exploited force of indigenous workers later supplemented by African slaves these mines were one of the greatest sources of Spain's wealth for nearly 200 years. The Real Cedula de Incorporacion prints the certificate of incorporation granted by King Carlos IV and the charter outlining the bank's purpose organization and regulation. OCLC locates 12 copies in North America 1 in a law library Library of Congress. Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 68224. unknown books
1780WRCAM46586Madrid: Pedro Marin 1780. 13pp. Folio. Stitched as issued. Two small wormholes minor soiling. Near fine. Royal decree imposing further taxes on tobacco in the West Indies and Spanish American colonies. It is signed at the end by Spanish colonial administrator Joseph de Galvez Minister of the Indies all part of Charles III's reform of colonial administration. Scarce. PALAU 249701. Pedro Marin unknown books
