The Laws of the Burgos of 1512 - 1513 by Simpson, Lesley Byrd - 1960

Greenwood Press, 1978. Hardcover. A MINT bright copy issued w/o a dj!!.

John Howell. Used - Very Good. 1960. Hardcover. Dec. cloth, no d.j. Some shelf-wear. Some foxing to top of textblock and to ffeps. Else clean copy. Limited to 750 copies. Very Good.

John Howell Books, San Francisco , 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Book is in very good condition. First edition. Tan boards with gilt pictorial on front cover. Some pages in the book remain uncut. Includes a fold out map of the Indies of the the Ocean Sea, 1511. 56pp. Limited edition of 750 copies.

Greenwood Press Reprint, 1979-01-29. Hardcover. Good.

Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press Publishers [1978, 1960]., 1978. 8vo. Double page map. 10 page introduction by Simpson. Original red cloth stamped in gilt. Issued without dust jacket. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. 57 pages.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Edition limited to 750 copies, octavo, pp. 57. This copy complete with the fold-out map: The Indies of the Ocean Sea, 1511. Very good in the publisher's beige cloth with spine lettering gilt and large gilt upper board crest within double ruled border. Clear acetate wrapper very good.

University of California Press, 1934. Paperback. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Interior clean, unmarked. Binding weak. Heavy exterior wear, corner clipped. Owner's name on cover. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available!

viii+130 pages 12 plates, 2 maps (one folding). Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") issued in original publisher's blue wrappers with black lettering to front wrapper. Ibero-Americana number 7. First edition.The document reproduced in the following pages is a contemporary copy of the lost Laws of Burgos. This famous code is well worth studying; it was the first comprehensive attempt to regulate relations between Indians and Spaniards and is, in effect, the adumbration of the policy that was finally codified in the >i>Recopilacion de las leyes de Indias. Its application here is that it contains the relatively complete plan for the reduction of the Indians to villages, which is the subject of the second part of this paper. In the transcription here undertaken the spelling and punctuation have been modernized ad some errors of the copyist have been corrected. Where the text of the Preamble has been damaged at the foot of the first folio the lacunae have been supplied from the text as given by Las Casas. These… Read More

J. Howell, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. 1 of 750 copies printed by John Howell in San Francisco. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

San Francisco : John Howell, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition limited to 750 copies. Previous owner's inscription. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: (57 pages) : 1 map ; 24cm. Subjects: Spain -- Colonies -- Law and legislation. Indians of the West Indies -- Legal status, laws, etc.