Title page of Mexican congregation treasury book

Heading: (Mexico)
Author:
Title: Libro Primero de la Tesorería de la Muy Ilustre Congregación del Alumbrado y Vela… - title page only
Place Published: Mexico
Publisher:
Date Published: c.1793
Description:

Printed title page of the treasury book of a Mexican Colonial Congregation, with hand-colored decorative and pictorial border. 46.5x33 cm (18¼x13").

Attractive title page - Founded by Royal order in 1793, the archbishop of Mexico Juan de Cienfuegos, disposed the establishment of the Congregation of the "Alumbrado y vela Continua..." and named notable people for its administration: As Major Vice-Brother Mariscal de Castilla y Marques de Ciria, Tomas Domingo de Acha as chaplain, Juan Bautista de Fagoaga as secretary and Miguel Gonza-lez Calderon as treasurer. (See: María Cristina Torales Pacheco. Ilustrados en la Nueva España: los socios de la Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País. Mexico: 2001).
Condition Report: A little edge wear, a few repairs on verso; very good.