Real cedula
By: de S.M. y señores del consejo, por la qual se prohibe la introducion y curso en estos reynos de un libro intitulado Año 2440. con la data de su impresion en Londres año de 1776, sin nombre de autor, ni de impresor..
Contributors: Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788; Martínez Salazar, Antonio, active 1764
Publisher: En la Imprenta de Pedro Marin.
Published: 1778
Place of publication: En Madrid
Language: spa
Subjects: Freedom of the press; Colonies; Intellectual freedom
Work titles: Real cédula (1778 March 17)
Notes: Date of publication printed before place of publication and name of printer.

Dated and signed on page [8]: Dada en el Pardo à diez y siete de marzo de mil setecientos setenta y ocho, Yo el rey. Es opia de la original, de que certifico. A. Antonio Martinez Salazar.

Royal edict prohibiting the reading and dissemination of the work L'an deux mille quatre cent quarante / by Louis-Sebastien Mercier, actually first printed in London [that is, Amsterdam], 1771. This work depicted a utopia wherin a future secular, pacifist France has been established through a peaceful revolution led by a "philosopher-king" who has set up a system resembling a parliamentary monarchy, having no religion and no military.

Signatures: A⁴ (A2 missigned A) (A1 verso blank).

Engraved royal coat of arms on title page.

Purchase; 2018; 19-269.