Inventario y aprecio de los bienes de la testamentaria de don Antonio María Bucareli, Virrey de la Nueva España (1779)
Subtitle: el ajuar de palacio y su librería
By: estudio Introductorio, selección de documentos, paleografía, notas y apéndices : Gonzalo Curiel
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigacione Estéticas
Published: 2020
Place of publication: México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 621
ISBN-13: 9786073039314
Subjects: Catalogs; Archives; Viceroys; Biography; Sources; Colonies; Administration; History
Description: Art historian Gustavo Curiel Méndez (Mexico City, 1952) critically addresses a multitude of relevant aspects around the palatial goods that belonged to the forty-sixth viceroy of New Spain. To do this, the author takes as a basis the rich inventories made at the death of the ruler, which occurred in Mexico City in 1779 as part of the detailed and formidable testament of viceroy don Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa (1779). The study also examines in a special way the remarkable and modern library that he gathered in the government palace and which consisted of more than 580 titles. Through the deep analysis of the sources of first-hand of the inventory it was possible to learn about the sumptuary objects and those for which he had a special predilection and of his family and intimate relations with members of the high hierarchy who possessed noble titles. Finally, the events celebrated as a result of the expensive funerals and burial of the viceroy in the Collegiate Church of Guadalupe in Mexico City are also recounted.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-621).

In Spanish.
Table of contents: title: Estudio introductorio; title: I. Escritura del documento del Bailío Frey don Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa Henestrosa Lazo de la Vega Villasís y Córdoba; title: II. Nombramiento de los peritos valuadores; title: III. Inventario de bienes; title: IV. Apéndice I. En relación con la "Cuenta General de Cargo y Data"; title: V. Apéndice II. Arco triunfal que hizo el ayuntamiento de México con motivo de la entrada del virrey; title: VI. Apéndice III. En torno al impreso y las exequias de Bucareli.