[Rarebooks] FS: Solorzano's laws of the New World. Madrid: 1639

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Solorzano Pereira, Juan de. TRADUCCION DE LA DEDICATORIA REAL I EPISTOLAS 
PROEMIALES DEL SEGUNDO TOMO DEL DERECHO I GOBIERNO DE LAS INDIAS OCCIDENTALES... 
(Madrid): En la Oficina de Francisco Martinez. 1639. First edition in Spanish. 
Sm. folio. ff.(5),62. Engraved title page with allegorical border. Cont. limp 
vellum. Rear blank endpapers torn. A few minor marginal annotations and 
underlinings. A near fine copy.     $2,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
An epitome of the author’s 2 volume Latin work titled “Disputationum de 
Indiarum Jure” (1629-1639), Solarzano Pereira, a renowned Spanish jurist, lawyer, 
and administrator, was prosecutor for the Council of the Indies,  which was 
responsible for Spain’s American colonies. He wrote, as he does here, on the 
laws of the New World. OCLC locates only 3 copies, under 2 accession numbers. 
Sabin 86532; Palau 318979; EUROPEAN-AMERICANA 639/113; Medina 1005. Not in BL.

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