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PIUS VII, Pope (1742–1823, born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti). 1818–1819 Papal Bull for the “Rula de Vivos para Los Reynos de Indias”. Rome, 1817. One sheet (305 x 432 mm) on laid paper with watermark. Woodcut seals, woodcut border, printed on one side, rubber stamp dated 1822 to lower margin (central fold, some browning). Housed in a folding cloth chemise, gilt titled spine. A public decree issued by the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823, that stated the Laws of the Kingdoms of the Indies and regulated the social, political, religious, and economic life.