Pragmatica sobre los diez dias del año

Place

Impressa ... en esta dicha Ciudad delos Reyes [Lima]

Publisher

Por Antonio Ricardo

Date

año M.D.LXXXIIII. [1584]

Notes

Although Vargas Ugarte asserts that this volume once belonged to Dr. Francisco de Avida and was in the Archivo Arzobispal de Lima circa 1900, there is no evidence of either in the volume. Vargas Ugarte also cites only two of the three spine titles: Miscelánea de Mss, and Origen de las Antiguadades. The third spine title reads "Spaniards in America," in English, in a hand no later than the eighteenth century, indicating that the collection had been in English-speaking hands no later than 1800

Not foliated, paginated, or signed

The first known South American imprint

Imprint from colophon

Caption title

Decorative initials

Local notes

John Carter Brown Library copy is no. 3 of 39 items bound together in contemporary vellum, beginning with: Prematica que Su Magestad mandò publicar con la forma y medios de la reducion de la moneda de vellon a su justo valor / Spain (Madrid, 1627). Has contemporary ms. note on p. [4] concerning proclamation of the Pragmática. Worm eaten; leaf 2 torn and mended along fold line: text slightly affected. Has added foliation in ms. (16-17)

Only known copy of this variant printing. Harvard University Library copy has catch word "con" at the bottom of page [1]. John Carter Brown Library copy does not have any catch words