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(MEXICO—1600.) Baptista, Juan.
Advertencias para los confessores de los
naturales.
Illustrated with two woodcuts of the Franciscan arms. 112, [58]; [16], 113-443,
104 leaves. Parts I and II, bound separately. 8vo, later
1
/
4
morocco (Part I) and contemporary
vellum (Part II) with rear cover replaced and a partial paper spine label; lacks all 15 prelimi-
nary leaves of Part I (which are essentially repeated in Part II), Part I title page (torn
without text loss) appears in place of Part II title, intermittent dampstaining; marca de
fuego on fore-edge of Part II, small inked “MM” stamps on verso of first leaves in each
volume and leaf 152.
México: Convento Santiago Tlatelolco, por Melchor Ocharte, 1600-[01]
[4,000/6,000]
An important handbook for confessors in Spanish and Latin, with some sections also in
Nahuatl, issued as a companion to Baptista’s Confessionario (see lot 283 above). Rarely seen
with the scarcer second part. “The friar’s intention here is not only to explain how morally and
spiritually to be a good confessor of Indians, but also to explain to the priests the legal context
in which they operate”—Szewczyk, 39 Books and Broadsides 15. García Icazbalceta 1886,
115; JCB II:4; Medina, México 163; Palau 23463; Pilling 231; Sabin 3242.