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1642. BOOK. (LAW-HISTORY). QUIÑONES, IVAN DE:. TREATISE ON FALSEHOODS. CRIMES COMMITTED BY MIQUEL DE MOLINA, AND HIS EXECUTION IN THIS COURT. Madrid: Printed by Francisco Martínez, 1642. Small 4º. 8 folios + 218 pages + 3 folios. Good paper, wide margins. Text with marginal notes. Title page with woodcut border. A moisture stain at the bottom of the volume. Bound in period parchment, spine labeled, somewhat warped, with a small loss on the spine and one corner. First edition of this interesting and curious work. Miguel de Molina was executed in Madrid’s Plaza Mayor on August 3, 1641. He had confessed to all his crimes, the most serious of which was high treason. Salvá 3499. Heredia 6720. Palau 24539.