Peru 1629 Viceroy Luis Jeronimo de Cabrera SFL Letter Lima to Huancavelica

Folded letter from Lima to Guancanca (Huancavelica), endorsed “Virrey” (Viceroy) at lower left, contents boldly signed by Louis Jéronimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón (1589-1647), who served as Viceroy from January, 1629 to December, 1639, the Count writing regarding the Royal Treasury and requesting “to know what belongs to His Majesty [King Phillip IV] in the district…it not being presently clear,” carried by Spanish horseman or Indian runner, there being no official postal service in Peru at the time, English translation of contents included, a remarkably fresh and rare early letter of exceptional quality.

Provenance:

Dr. Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila, 2015, Sale 202, lot 479.

Experization:

Brian Moorehouse certificate (25 November, 2015).