INVITATION TO THE LADIES OF LIMA

[Lima] [Querejazu y Mollinedo, Antonio Hermenegildo de:] A la señora [...] en todos los paises del mundo culto es el empleo de los Nobles la veneración al bello sexo. [Lima] [n.d. but 1770] Para el dia 22 de Abril, Domingo Quasimodo. 

Gallantly-phrased invitation to the ladies of Lima, to attend an event in the Plazuela de los Desamparados, in the city, on 22 April, ‘Domingo Quasimodo’ (Low Sunday) - which took place on that date in 1770. The event was for new waterworks. Our copy is addressed to a countess.

Details

One sheet, 28.4 cms. x 19.1 cms., printed to recto. Small printed cross to head, factotum initial. 22 lines text (half a word on a 23rd line), printed names, date and place below. Copy made out in manuscript to Condesa del Puerto. Removed by a previous owner from a sammelband (number ‘16’ at top right-hand corner). Modern marbled wrappers.

Medina ‘Lima’ 1291. Physical copy located at John Carter Brown Library, whose cataloguing has been very useful for this note.