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(LIMA—1648.) Dávila, Francisco.
Tratado de los evangelios, que Nuestra
Madre la Iglesia propone en todo el año.
[52], [36], 564; [11], 134, [6] pages. 2 volumes
in one. Folio, later marbled calf, moderate wear, rejointed; heavy restoration to several
leaves with substantial loss of text, part of title page text supplied in facsimile, leaves Cc6-8
and illustrated second title page in facsimile only, other lesser wear and repairs.
[Lima, 1646 and 1648]
[4,000/6,000]
122 sermons in parallel Spanish and Quechua intended for missionary use. “The first
substantial book of new sermons for Indians to be published in Peru since 1585. . . . Offers
valuable insight into the style and strategies of one of the most knowledgeable evangelizers in
seventeenth-century Peru”—Mills and Taylor, “Colonial Spanish America: A Documentary
History,” page 227. A defective copy of a rare and important work. Medina, Lima 289; Palau
68866. 4 copies in OCLC, none known at auction.
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(LIMA—1648.) Roxo Mexía y Ocón, Juan.
Arte de la lengua general de los
Indios del Peru.
Full-page armorial woodcut on verso of title. [18], 87, [1] leaves. 8vo,
later stiff vellum, minor wear; manuscript leaves as endpapers, fifth leaf misbound in
reverse, marginal repairs to several leaves, final leaf heavily restored in lower margin, minor
dampstaining and toning; faint inked monogram stamps on title and final page.
Lima: Jorge López de Herrera, 1648
[2,000/3,000]
One of the scarcer Quechua grammars; we have not traced any other copies at auction. Medina,
Lima 295; Palau 276292; Sabin 48232.
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