Manuscript on vellum. In brown ink on 39 leaves (rectos and versos), plus 3 blank leaves. Full-page polychrome opening illumination depicting an elaborate coat-of-arms on pink ground. Opening page with large (3¼x3") initial "1" incorporating a parrot smelling a rose, polychrome border. Signed at end by approximately 12 officials. 11½x8, period calf armorially gilt.

Manuscript tax registry for the Andalusian village of Osuna. The Spanish were in especial need of their taxes in the 1620's, having suffered much from the economic protectionism of the Thirty Years War. Rare village account book.