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BALLESTEROS, Tomos de, editor. Tomo primero de las ordenanz...

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BALLESTEROS, Tomos de, editor. Tomo primero de las ordenanzas del Peru. Lima: Francisco Sobrino y Bados, 1752. Folio (294 x 206 mm). (Some minor erasures and soiling to title?page). Lacks half?title but includes original blank leaf at end. Full contemporary vellum, hand?title spine (some darkening to spine). SECOND EDITION, first published in 1685 being the first body of laws published in Peru. ?This important work, of which no more was published, is divided into three parts. The first relates to the Courts of Lima, the second to the Indians, and the third to the mines? (Sabin on the second edition). Medina, Lima 1036; Palau y Dulcet 23046; Sabin 61164.