•  Very good condition and easy to read.  (31203)

Even as late as the 1720s the encomienda seems to have been generating at least 4000 pesos per annum for the conde. His bloodline included as ancestors both Tezozomoc and Moctezeuma II.

Provenance:  Maggs, Bibliotheca Americana, part IV, 2912.

•  Written in a very clear ecclesiastical notarial hand; stitched. Loose in a paper wrapper titled in manuscript; minor wear.  (34510)

Bearing signatures, among others, of Pedro Buitrago, Narciso Dulón, Eusebio Gutiérrez, M. de la Cruz Méndez, José M. Dalence, and Manuel Sagarnaga.

•  Very good condition. Two small tears at folds, not affecting text.  (3107)

The senior Ceballos first appeared in New York newspapers in October 1855, as co-owner of the “New York and Mexican Steamship Line” that sailed to Havana, Vera Cruz, and Cadiz. These business letters date from that early period of the establishment of the family business and show the ties it had with businesses and banks in Havana, London, Paris, and several places in Spain.

Most of the letters are in Spanish but a few are in English and their time span is February of 1855 to November of 1856. They deal with shipments, bank accounts, etc., with one interesting outlier beinga letter of introduction for Sra. Dona Agustina Rapp de Merribell, to whom Ceballos is to give one hundred pesos a month while she is in New York.

•  On writing paper of several sizes, weights, and colors. Very good condition.  (37000)

•  Stitched.  (2674)

The original publication was so rare that Medina never knew of it.

•  Sewn in contemporary plain wrappers; one marginal pin-type wormhole touching (but not compromising) three notes only. Written in a very clear hand.  (30378)

•  Very good condition. Written in a clear, non-notarial hand.  (31212)

•  Written in a very clear hand, with the paper and wax seal below the king’s signature (wax desicated and paper loose, but present). Two blank leaves at end. Very good condition.  (5578)

•  Crumpling at all edges, light brown stain in upper third of the leaf; good condition. Written in a slightly difficult hand: A good paleographical specimen.  (31209)

This is a fine, extremely early example of Father Hidalgo's signature.

The woman who provided the money for the above mentioned masses was the wife of Antonio de Vivano (also spelled Bibano) Gutiérrez and mother of Antonio Guadalupe de Vivano, the first two Condes de Vivanco. Cambridge scholar David Brading credits Antonio de Vivanco with restoring the mining region of Bolaños to prosperity in the early 1770s, following the region's sharp decline in silver ore production during the first two-thirds of the 18th century — whereby he became very wealthy.

In addition to payment for masses for her soul, Doña Augustina's will provides for large sums of money to be spent on construction work on the chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the bishopric of Guadalajara. The paperwork, including receipts, associated with the distribution of her largesse is weighty and detailed.

Among the collateral documents in this offering are copies of the last wills and testaments of Antonio de Vivanco Gutiérrez (1796), Augustina Velázquez (1780), and Antonio Guadalupe de Vivanco (1800); the inventory of the younger Vivanco's massive estate (1801); and a marvelouscalligraphic manuscript in which the bishop of Guadalajara grants a special privilege to Vivanco the elder. All are notarially certified copies of the originals.

•  All documents in very good condition, sewn, in contemporary vellum bindings.  (3731)

THIS IS JUST SUCH A WORKING EPITOME, and that it speaks both to laws relating to Indians generally and, as per its title, tolaws relating specifically to Indians settled in reducciones helps to localize it. In regions where the indigenous populations were sedentary (e.g., Mexico, Guatemala, central Peru) there was no need to force them into “reducciones” (essentially, created communities with a high degree of “townness”); but in places were the natives were nomadic (e.g., Paraguay, and some jungle regions of the Viceroyalty of Peru) enforced resettlement was the norm.

Whether the Indians within the ken of this law practice were sedentary by tradition or “resettled,” they were to enjoy numerous privileges and exemptions and also were prohibited from doing certain things. The first chapter headings here are a good summary of these privileges, exemptions, and prohibitions: “On the treatment of Indians,” “Personal service,” “Privileges in legal matters,” and “On criminal behavior.” A second section of the manuscript, in a different hand, offers chapters titled “On the service of Indians,” “On the privileges that the Indians enjoy because of their status as miserables [i.e., a Roman law term for certain categories of individuals],” “On conducting legal proceedings against Indians,” and “Other privileges granted to the Indians.” The many dozens of laws recited here sketch the legal parameters of Indian life under Spain: the requirement of fixed addresses, the ban on white and black residents in the Indian reducciones, bans on polygamy and wine, whippings for those who move to another settlement without permission, and more.

We assign the manuscript's place of composition to the viceroyalty of Peru because in the period to 1776 it included regions were there were reducciones, whereas there were none in the viceroyalty of Mexico.

•  Written in a clear secretarial hand on two different paper stocks: One for the first six leaves, a different for the last four. Original stitching. Some stray ink stains. Slight loss of text in one corner, minimal worming, otherwise only minor wear. Overall, very good.  (36916)

On the bottom half is a signed receipt, in Spanish, dated Granada 8 May 1501, wherein Germán de Paris and Jacques acknowledge receiving the above mentioned payment.

•  The usual slash of cancellation (faintly visible above), indicating that this has been entered into the account books. Remnant of stiff paper at top of verso indicating it was once mounted in an album.  (19360)

•  Disoloration alone the horizontal middle of the leaf; small holes at same area. Overall good++. Clear, easy notarial hand.  (31215)

The Court had just come through a period during which a military ruler had systematically dismantled the courts and undercut their authority and dignity. Olañeta had assumed his presidency only days before the first document in the collection was penned.

•  Very good condition. A few small tears at folds.  (3116)

This is a certified contemporary copy of the original with the official paper and wax seal (now desiccated and detached but present).

•  Very good condition with minimal bleed through. Written in a very clear notarial hand.  (31210)

•  Very good condition. Easy to read.  (27626)

Certified, contemporary copy of the original.

•  Sewn. In good condition. Very legible notarial hand.  (7710)

A contemporaneous certified copy of the original document.

•  Written in a clear notarial hand. Very good condition.  (14466)

•  Very good condition.Written in sepia ink in an interesting script with idiosyncratic spelling.  (31211)

•  Very good condition. Written in a small, clear legal hand.  (31213)

•  Written by several notaries so hands are varied. Stitching starting to loosen. A very few leaves with small loss of text to a hungry rodent.  (27598)

•  Sewn, in good condition.  (2218)

Don Diego styles himself “señor de la Villa de la Ventosa,” and a citizen of Olmedo.

•  Bound in limp vellum.   Written in a very clear hand. Very good condition.  (7702)

The Castildelgado document is the settling of a dispute with the town of Ybrillos over pasturing rights.

•  Bound in limp vellum with remnants of ties. Written in clear notarial hands. A very little tattering; in very good condition.  (7631)