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Mexico, 1583. Manuscript in ink by different hands. The documents are bound together by sewing. Pages are numbered (18-33). Manuscript in ink by different hands. The documents are bound together by sewing. Pages are numbered (18-33).. Manuscript in ink by different hands. The documents are bound together by sewing. Pages are numbered (18-33). 17 ff. Documents of Malinche's grandson Pedro de Quesada's lawsuit related to his parents' will. The lawsuit was filed by Luis de León the prosecutor (fiscal) of the Archdiocese of Mexico, against Pedro de Quesada, to fulfill the will of his parents, founding the chaplaincy at La Santísima Church in Mexico City (Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad) by 2,800 gold pesos. In the statement of defense, Pedro de Quesada claims that he lacks the resources as his assets are seized. The documents are signed by Luis de León, the prosecutor, and other officials, among them Juan de Salcedo (dean of Mexico and professor of canonical law in the university, secretary of the… Read More

En Madrid: Imprenta de Francisco Martinez, 1632. First edition. In later hardpaper, using contemporary material. Pages toned, some browned. Few contemporary notes and doodles in light ink throughout. Wormholes to the last pages only effect the margins. Old traces of restoration on B3 with inappreciable loss of text. O4 torn. Otherwise in very good condition.. First edition. In later hardpaper, using contemporary material. ¶-3¶4, A-M8, N4, A[i.e. O]8; ff [12], 100, [8]. Scarce Spanish legal book considered the first work dealing with the question of proof, a manual for tortured testimonies. Antonio de Quevedo y Hoyos was a Castilian lawyer in the court of Philip IV and familiar of the Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion. Libro de indicios y tormentos, which is considered the first published work devoted to the question of proof in criminal law, deals with the practice of torture, the favored method of the Spanish Inquisition of extracting confessions in Spain and Hispanic America. The book is… Read More