Author: ARAUJO Y RIO, José de.
Title: Al Rey nuestro se–or D. Fernando VI, el Benigno, en su Real y Supremo Consejo de las Indias, se presenta Don Joseph de Araujo y Rio, del Consejo de vuestra Magestad, Presidente, Governador y Capitan General de la Real Audiencia y Provincia de Quito, y manifiesta veridica y legalmente en hecho y derecho las tropelias y perjuicios, que en el juicio de pesquisa padeci˜ y le ocasion˜ el juez pesquisidor Don Manuel Rubio de Arevalo, Oidor de la Real Audiencia de Santa Fè.
Description: [N.p., n.pr., ca. 1745] Fol. 15 leaves (signed [A]-G in twos followed by a single leaf H1). Title within typographic border. Woodcut initial 'N' on fol. 2 recto coloured by hand. Black morocco, covers decorated with a double gold-fillet border; gold-tooled spine, red-edged leaves; marbled endpapers; blue silk bookmark. Small marginal repair at foot of F1-2 and at head and foot of H1 with slight loss of text. A fragment consisting of the first 15 of 168 leaves. The date '23 de Marzo de 1745' appears on fol. 2 recto. The Sir Thomas Phillipps copy, inscribed 'MHC' on verso of front free endpaper. Only a single copy recorded on WorldCat (Tarrogona, Universitat Rovira i Virgili CRAI); cf. Iberian Books, 103038 [Quito, 1700?] for what is almost certainly a bibliographical ghost.

Keywords: antiquarian, law, jurisprudence, Ecuador, Quito, South America, Americana


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