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[email protected] www.williamreesecompany.com Boston Antiquarian Book Fair 2015 A color illustrated version of this list is available on our website at williamreesecompany.com. A Spanish Officer’s Service in 17th-Century Peru 1. [Acuna y Cabrera, Antonio de]: PAPELES DE DON ANTONIO DE ACUNA Y CABRERA CAP. DE INFANTE- RIA ESPANOLA DE ARCABVCEPOS POR SV MAG. [cover title]. [Various places, but likely including Madrid. ca. 1619-1647]. Twelve manuscript documents bound in one volume, pagination described below. Folio. Contemporary vellum, gilt-tooled title on front cover. Minor edge wear and occasional small tears. Overall internally bright and clean. Very good. The collected papers of a decorated Spanish military officer, assigned at times to the duchy of Milan, Buenos Aires, and Lima. The documents are: 1) EN LA NOBLE VILLAO VILLAD VAL- LADOLID A VIENTE E SIETE DIAS... [manuscript caption title]. [30]pp. Embel- lished with two elaborate vignettes high- lighted in gilt. A recounting of political conditions in Spain relevant to the early years of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. 2) EN LA FORTALEZA A DE LA VILLA DE JIMANEAS A NUEVE DIAS LES MES DE ABRIL DE MILL Y SIES CIENTOS Y TRIENTA Y UN AÑOS...[manuscript caption title]. [ca. 1631]. [34]pp. A long discourse on the history of the Inquisition, specifically concerning certain relations present in the Crown’s official archives. 3) VIENTE Y QUARTO REALES. SELLO PRIMERO, VEINTE Y QUATRO RE- ALES...[caption title].