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(MEXICAN INCUNABULUM.) Sepan quantos esta carta vieren, como yo . . .
EARLY AMERICAN PRINTING, BEFORE THE ENGLISH COLONIES (MEXICAN INCUNABULUM.) Sepan quantos esta carta vieren, como yo . . . 2 pages on one leaf, 307 x 200 mm. 2 long worm holes along left margin not affecting printed area, repaired with tape; a light ink stain does not affect legibility. Puebla, 10 February 1590
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Notes: A printed carta de poder (power of attorney) form completed in manuscript, stating that Pedro de Ynigo of Ciudad Los Angeles (now Puebla, Mexico) has granted power of attorney to Fran[cis]co Martinez, with the signatures of de Ynigo and a notary on verso.
This exact form is not recorded in Szewczyk's "39 Books and Broadsides Printed in America before the Bay Psalm Book," but is very similar to his #13, printed by 1584. The present copy has the comma after "vieren" in the first line, rather than before, and the second line concludes "ynegocios ceuiles y cri" rather than "y negocios ceuiles è cri-". While the typesetting is altered, the typeface remains the same, including the initial woodblock capital "S" carried over from similar forms in use since 1562, and here printed upside down. The printer was very likely Pedro Ocharte of Mexico City. -
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