•  Medina, Mexico, 5174; García Icazbalceta, Lenguas, 55; Viñaza 356; Maggs, Bibl. Amer., II, 2154; Sabin 52413; Palau 190159; Pilling, Proof-sheets, 2738.   Contemporary vellum, now shrunk to smaller than the size of the text block, with newer endpapers, ties lacking, light to moderate staining and wear to interior; housed in a custom slipcase of quarter vellum and cranberry-colored cloth with a cloth chemise. A good copy of an important and scarce book, complete and with a good provenance.  (31417)

Apparently held by only one U.S. library.

This copy was sent to the town of Tulancingo; it has docketing information on the blank verso stating that it was received there and thatJuan de la Cruz, a bilingual Indian, read the decree to a large crowd on market day, 15 January 1795.

•  Not in Medina, Mexico.   Very good condition. Small longitudinal fold tears in the very middle of the leaf.  (33683)

The specifications of the verso are: Imprint area: 42 x 153 mm. Number of lines of text: 9. First line: que vuestro lugar y minombre podays hazer et sostituyr este poder en vna per Last line: la clausula judicium sisti iudicatum con sus clausulas acostumbradas Blanks: at the end of lines 4 & 9 and the beginning of 5.

The document was sworn in Puebla on 11 December 1565, before the notary Juan de Bedoya, and in it Francisco Guilen, a citizen of Puebla, gives his power of attorney to Hernando de RIbas, a resident in Veracruz.

Valton (see below) attributed this formulary to Juan Pablos. It bears no relation to the examples of his job printing that we have seen; it does, however, bearthe hallmarks of Ocharte's craftsmanship. The date of this form's printing is based on the exemplar in the Beinecke Library at Yale, where the earliest manuscript date on the carta is 9 October 1565. Assignment of printer is based on types and ornaments.

An excellent, early example of Mexican job printing, with the earliest known example of such job printing having been dated in manuscript in 1562.

•  Szewczyk & Buffington, 39 Books and Broadsides Printed in America before the Bay Psalm Book, 6 (for the exemplar now at Yale), fully illustrated. Appears to be Carpenter's type 4, attributed by Valton to Juan Pablos. See: Carpenter, A Sixteenth Century Broadside from the Collection of Emilio Valton, and also see, Juan Pascoe, Tratado breve sobre un formulario notarial, which is a study of a different copy of this precise notarial form (which, unfortunately, had its manuscript completion misdated as being 1562 when it is in fact 1566).   Removed from a bound volume and slightly tattered in inner margin. One worm hole (pinhole type) in lower blank margin. A very good example of Ocharte's job printing and an attractive one, with its manuscript completions both bold and legible. (41005)

The characteristics of the verso are: Type face: roman. Imprint area: 42 x 153 mm. Number of lines of text: 9. First line of verso: pa[ra] ello se reqiera, y deua auer otro mi mas especial poder y ma[n]dado Last line of verso mi persona y bienes anidos [sic, for auer] y por auer.

The document was sworn in Mexico on 15 March 1594, before the notary Alonso Santres (??) , and in it Juan Gracia Barranco, a citizen of Puebla but visiting Mexico City, gives his power of attorney to Lope de la Carrera, also a citizen of Puebla, who was not present, to buy in his name gold, silver, and other things as he sees fit.

Valton (see below) attributed this formulary to Pedro Ocharte and the woodcut “S” is of the style of woodcut initials he used in various books.

The earliest known example of such job printing was dated in manuscript in 1562.

•  Carpenter, A Sixteenth Century Broadside from the Collection of Emilio Valton, #26.   Removed from a bound volume and moderately tattered in inner margin. Worming in margins occasionally extending into the text area. A very good example of Ocharte's job printing, with one of the classic initials. (34746)

The verso blank.

Use of capitals in text for words: Generalmente, Magestad, Senores, Presidente, Oydores, Reales, Alcaldes, Juezes, and Justicias.

The manuscript completions were sworn in Puebla de los Angeles on 14 September 1590, before the notary Marcos Reyes. Francisco Hernandez de Tinoco, a citizen of Puebla, gives power of attorney to Hernan Perez, a “procurador de causas,” who is not present.

Our attribution to printer is based on the type used and stylistics of composition.

•  Edwin A. Carpenter, A Sixteenth-Century Mexican Broadside (i.e., The Valtón Collection), possibly type 14, 15, or 16. Not in Szewczyk & Buffington, 39 Books and Broadsides Printed in America before the Bay Psalm Book.   Removed from a bound volume with worming in margins and into text, touching but not costing letters; age-toning. Light waterstain in upper margin. A good example of a Mexican incunable broadside.  (34744)

Products listed that were subject to tithes to be paid by “Indios” were also wide ranging, but somewhat less extensive. Finally, there was a list of products on which native Americans were exempt from paying tithes, including cotton, cacao, chilies, vanilla, pulque, maguey, etc. These lists provided a vivid picture of products available in New Spain at mid-17th-century.

In this follow-up publication Bishop Osorio implements the appointment of individuals to sell the items received as “in kind” tithes (i.e., corn, butter, etc.). Substantial text articulates the qualities of character, piety, and competence that will be required of such administrators, and spaces are left in the incorporated form for the name of an individual being appointed to the office, along with the name of his jurisdiction and the date of his appointment. Here these spaces have been used: Lic. Jacinto Lopez Calderon is appointed to collect the tithes in the district of Olintla and to sell or auction any “in kind” payments.

Printed on a LARGE folio-extra leaf, and graced by its widow printer with a notably large, very handsome drop-capital initial “N,” the bishop's authorization document is decidedly impressive.  The form is boldly signed by the bishop and a secretary, and bears the bishop's paper and wax seal. The verso of the leaf has a related printed form that is the actual commission given to the individual named on the recto; this too has an attractive drop-capital, one different from the other (and smaller). It too is signed by the bishop and a secretary.

This is an unrecorded example of Mexican (Puebla) job printing; it is not in Medina, Gavito, or Palau, and we find no reported holdings.

•  Not in Medina, Puebla; not in Gavito, Adiciones a la Imprenta en la Puebla; not in Palau.   Very good condition.  (40998)

Searches of NUC and WorldCat find three U.S. libraries (Bancroft, U. of New Mexico, Marian Library) and two foreign ones (the national libraries of Mexico and Chile) reporting ownership.

Provenance: Late 18th- or early 19th-century signatures of Carmen Valdivia and Francisca Valdivia on the front pastedown. Once upon a time in Mexico as evidenced by the “disinfection” stamp affixed to the rear pastedown.

•  DeBacker-Sommervogel, VI, 45; Palau 207675.   Contemporary stiff vellum, evidence of ties now missing; also evidence that there had been marbled paper pastedowns (apparently not extending to free endpapers??). Lacking the front free endpaper; foxing and staining; solid and interesting.  (40686)

•  Sutro 756 ("19p." being a typographical error for collation given here); not in Steele, Independent Mexico: A Collection of Mexican Pamphlets in the Bodleian Library. Folded and never sewn or bound; as issued.  (4992)

Limited to 56 (unnumbered) copies.

•  New. Sewn in stiff wrappers with printed label on front wrapper.  (41109)

In addition to discussion of this ornament's use by those various printers, Pascoe also offers interesting and sometimes new biographical information on the printers based on archival documents. His assessment of each printer's skills is informed by his own eye and decades of experience as a hand-press printer. His text is illustrated by more than 20 color illustrations and by examples of each printer's signature.

In all, a totally satisfying work on the skills and personalities and, at times, the tribulations of these early New World printers — itself beautifully printed in Pascoe's own unmistakable style.

•  Issued in a strong soft white cover printed in black and red, within a dove grey typographic over-wrapper printed in darker grey and red. As new.  (40046)

Juan’s narrative quickly establishes him as a master prose stylist, like Duncan, and as printers they are also equals, in my opinion, having worked with both. His dual identity as American and Mexican gives this compelling memoir a topical appeal beyond that of hand-press printing or poetry” (John Ridland).

•  Hardcover, set in Espinosa Nova and printed digitally in black and red throughout; binding in shades of cream with vintage printshop cover illustration on front and John Ridland's summary on rear. New.  (38863)

Limited to 500 copies printed in November, 2014, in “Talleres de Offset Rebosán” in Mexico City. As of late June, 2020, WorldCat reports only seven libraries, all in the U.S., reporting ownership.

•  Stiff wrappers. New.  (41143)

Limited to 85 copies: Printed using Polifilo type and an Ostrander Seymour press, on Tamayo De Ponte paper as shown above in the two lefthand images. A few variant copies are printed on heavy gold paper, as shown at right, above, andif you would prefer us to send one of those latter, or one of each, please let us know. We will do so in such instances as we can; first come, first served!

•  New. Stitched, issued without wrappers. (41410)

•  Sutro 695. Sewn, no wrappers. Foxing and browning.  (3498)

•  Sutro 871. Removed from a nonce volume.  (3511)

Perez de Ribas' work is exceedingly rare on the market. In forty years of bookselling, this is only the second copy we have handled. Very important and desirable.

•  Wagner, Spanish Southwest, 43; Alden & Landis 645/96; Sabin 60895, 70789; DeBacker-Sommervogel, VI, 525; Servies 176. JCB (3), II, 333. Medina, BHA, 1083; Palau 222254; Streit 1745; Barrett 1984; Bell P169; Howgego R35; Brunet, IV, 21590; Graesse, VI, 106; Leclerc, Bibl. Amer. (1867), 1305; Huth, Catalog, IV, 1243; Heredia 6836; Salva 3376.   Contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title, marca del fuego; hinges (inside)cracking, light soiling. Very small ink stamp on title-page. Light foxing and tanning to text; some very slight worming, confined primarily to margins in rear of text block. A few ink notations and stains. A very good copy in a cloth clamshell case, leather label.  (34581)

•  Sutro 862. Removed from a nonce volume.  (21011)

•  Sutro 117; Steele 42; Medina, Mexico, 11696; Garritz, Impresos novohispanos, 3584. Modern marbled boards with paper label.  (3879)

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