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On the second, third, or fourth leaf of a book, or thereabouts, the title was written on the bottom margin, with the pressmark and the first words of that leaf.
From Old English Libraries by Ernest Albert Savage
Decree of August 9, 1589.—This is obtained from the ”Cedulario Indico” in the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid; its pressmark is: “Tomo 7, fº 301, nº 449.”
This document is conserved in the same archives and has the same pressmark as the above.
The original decree is conserved in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla; its pressmark the same as that indicated in note 14, ante.
The following documents are obtained from MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla, the pressmark of each being thus indicated: 1.
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