Prouisio[n]es, cedulas, instruciones de Su Magestad : ordena[n]ças [de] difu[n]tos y audie[n]cia, [par]a la buena expedicio[n] de los negocios, y administracio[n] [de] justicia : y gouernacio[n] [de]sta Nueua España : y [par]a el bue[n] tratamie[n]to y [con]seruacio[n] [de] los yndios, dende el año ...
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Index on leaves [1]-[5] at end. ; Errors in foliation: 13, 19, 28, 36, 107, 112, 123, 137, 172, 180, 196 and 210 misnumbered 145, 29, 20, 37, 109, 120, 12, 150, 173, 181, 188 and 110 respectively. Some of these errors have been corrected in various extant copies. ; Title within 4-part woodcut border, with woodcut Spanish royal arms on title page and leaf 5v; woodcut ornamented and historiated initials. ; Signatures: a-2d⁸ [2e]² [$4 (-a1, t2) signed; misprinting d4 as 'c4' and 2a4 as 'a4']. ; Colophon (leaf [5]r at end) reads: "[par.] A ho[n]rra y gloria de Nuestro Señor Iesu Christo acabose este presente libro en Mexico en casa de Pedro Ocharte, a veynte y tres dias del mes de nouiembre de mill [et] quinientos [et] sesenta y tres años. [par.] Esta tassado por el illustrissimo señor do[n] Luys de Uelasco uirrey a real el pliego. Por ma[n]dado de su señoria Antonio de Turcios secretario." ; García Icazbalceta (incorrectly?) reports the month in line 2 of leaf 2 verso as "mayo", but most (all?) extant copies read "março", as is also reported by Medina. ; The license on recto of second leaf is dated Toledo, 4 September, 1560. On verso of leaf 2 is the "Comision para la impression" of Luis de Velasco to Vasco de Puga. ; This work, the earliest printed summary of Spanish colonial law, was compiled by Vasco de Puga and is generally known as the "Cedulario" of de Puga. ; Wagner, H.R. Nueva bibliografía mexicana del siglo xvi, 1946, ; Dobbs & Haun. Law Library at LC, ; Streit, R. Bibliotheca missionum, ; Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano (2. ed.), ; García Icazbalceta, J. Bibliografía mexicana del siglo XVI (1954 ed.), ; Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, ; Medina, J.T. Imprenta en México (1539-1821), ; Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Armorial bookplate of Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico. From the J.M. Andrade collection (with his bookplate). Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection (No. 60, Rare B). Stamp of J.F. Ramirez on leaf 2r. ; 19th century quarter leather (re-backed) over marbled boards; marbled endpapers. ; Bancroft Library copy: Imperfect: title page and leaves 149-151, 160 wanting (replaced by manuscript).