EL REY. POR QUANTO POR LE LEY.QUE LAS CUENTAS DE LOS OFICIALES REALES SE PRESENTEN ORDENADAS, Y JURADAS COMO ES COSTUMBRE, COMPROBANDOSE POR TODOS LOS LIBROS QUE DEBEN TENER, Y LA DATA POR LOS RECADOS ORIGINALES, Y QUE PASSANDOLAS ANTE ESCRIBANO QUE DÈ FÈ, SE REMITAN DONDE TOCA, EMBIANDO UN TRASLADO À LA CONTADURÌA DE MI CONSEJO DE LAS INDIAS, FIRMADO, Y SIGNADO DEL ESCRIVANO.[caption title]

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2pp. plus integral leaf. Folio. Dbd. Maltese cross printed at head of title. Contemporary annotations in ink, later annotations in pencil. Accomplished in manuscript at Aranjuez, Spain on July 2, 1753, signed by Joachim Joseph Vazquez y Morales, with additional manuscript annotations. Manuscript inscriptions on integral leaf (see below). Extremely light dampstaining at top, a few ink stains in text. A very good copy. A rare proclamation by Ferdinand VI, King of Spain, who declares that royal officials in the Indies must present their accounts to the appropriate tribunals in a correct and efficient manner, and that the auditors of the same tribunals must clear these accounts and certify the same with a signed and marked document. This proclamation was to be sent to the Viceroys of Peru and New Granada, the Presidents of the Royal Audiencias, and other royal officials of these domains. This copy, accomplished in manuscript in Ararjuez on July 2, 1753, is signed by Joachim Joseph Vazquez y Morales as representative of the King of Spain with the inscription, "Yo El Rey," and the annotation, "Por mand[a]do del Rey." The recto and verso of the integral leaf has separate inscriptions written on March 29, 1754 in Madrid and March 20, 1756 in Santiago de Chile documenting the dissemination of the text in Spain and Chile. A rare proclamation concerning the reckoning of royal accounts in Peru and New Granada. Not in Medina BHA, nor on OCLC. Seller Inventory # WRCAM36511

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