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Pedro Moya de Contreras: Catholic Reform and Royal Power in New Spain, 1571-1591
by Stefford Poole (1960- )
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520055519
- ISBN 13
- 9780520055513
- Seller
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About This Item
xii+309 pages with plates, facsimiles, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4' x 6 ;1/4") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Pedro Moya de Contreras (c1528-1591) prelate and colonial administrator who held the three highest offices in the Spanish colony of New Spain, namely inquisitor general, Archbishop of Mexico, and Viceroy of Mexico, September 25, 1584 - October 17, 1585. He was the 6th Viceroy, governing from September 25, 1584 to October 16, 1585. During this interval he held all three positions. Condition:A near fine copy in like jacket.
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- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS008129
- Title
- Pedro Moya de Contreras: Catholic Reform and Royal Power in New Spain, 1571-1591
- Author
- Stefford Poole (1960- )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0520055519
- ISBN 13
- 9780520055513
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- MEXICO
- Bookseller catalogs
- Colonial America;
- Size
- royal octavo
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