Recopilacion de leyes de los reynos de las Indias : mandadas imprimir, y publicar por la magestad catolica del rey don Carlos II, nuestro señor : va dividida en quatro tomos, con el indice general, y al principio de cada tomo el indice especial de los titulos, que contiene
This 1681 Madrid compilation of laws for the Spanish Indies, printed by Julián de Paredes under royal commission of Charles II, is a legal code for colonial administrators and officials. The four pictures are historiated initial letters: decorative capitals E and P framed by dense scrollwork, acanthus leaves, and flower forms, offering a designer models of early modern Spanish woodcut ornament for initials and page borders.
