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(LIMA—1629.) Perea, Pedro de.
Copia de la carta que el Obispo de
Arequipa . . . provando la certeza que tiene, el aver sido la Virgen concebida sin
pecado original.
[47], 259, [35] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; marca de
fuega on top edge; includes a colophon leaf not called for in Medina or Palau.
Lima: Jerónimo de Contreras, 1629
[2,500/3,500]
A theological work by the Bishop of Arequipa, and an early production from the press of
Jerónimo de Contreras, whose family was a major force in Lima printing from 1621 through
1779 . Medina, Lima 137 (citing only the Biblioteca Medina copy); Palau 218288; Sabin
60877 (“a work of the greatest rarity”). 3 copies in OCLC, and only one known at auction.