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(MEXICO—1611.) León, Martín de; Fray.
Camino del cielo en lengua
mexicana.
2 woodcut illustrations. [12], 160, [7] leaves. Small 4to, contemporary vellum;
front hinge cracked; bottom 40% of the title restored in facsimile, some loss and tape
repairs to the lower part of the next 3 leaves, intermittent dampstaining, foxing and soiling,
final preliminary leaf short and possibly supplied from another copy, a few sidenotes
cropped, a few early inked annotations; marca de fuego on top edge, embossed library
stamp on title page, small inked deaccession stamp on front pastedown.
México: Diego López Dávalos, 1611
[4,000/6,000]
An early catechism, confessional, and church calendar in Nahuatl, with Spanish on facing pages
in some parts. This was the last known book printed by Dávalos, who used the type and press
inherited from his father-in-law Antonio de Espinosa, the second printer in the New World
(Woodbridge, Printing in Colonial Spanish America, page 26). Medina, México 260; Palau
135423; Pilling 2252; Sabin 40080 (“extremely scarce”). Provenance: Swann sale, 10
October 2002, lot 178.