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(MEXICO—1631.)
Group of 10 17th-century cartas de poder.
Partially printed
documents signed, each about 30 x 20 cm, printed on recto and completed on both sides;
various conditions.
[México, circa 1631-43]
[1,200/1,800]
Each form begins with the usual printed text, “Sepan quantos esta carta vieren, como yo. . . .
Generalmente, para en todos mis pleytos,” and is completed in manuscript as a power of
attorney document. The two earliest examples here were completed in January 1631, and are
printed on one conjoined sheet with different completions. The others are all distinct printings,
though the printed text is identical. None bear imprint lines and little research has been pub-
lished on the subject of these 17th-century forms, but Mathes attributed most of them to the
press of Juan Ruiz, with other examples possibly printed by Francisco Salbago, Diego
Gutiérrez, Juan Blanco de Alcázar, and the widow of Bernardo Calderón. A more detailed list
is available by request.
WITH
—a blank carta de poder form in 37 lines of Roman type on
darker paper, worn at edges, thought by Mathes to be a 16th-century printing by Pedro Balli,
with an initial woodcut “S” not recorded by Carpenter.
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(MEXICO—1631.) Ruiz Venegas, Barnabé.
De institutione sacramentorum,
de peccatis, ac censuris ecclesiasticis.
[2], 47, [1] leaves. 8vo, contemporary vellum,
worn, text block coming loose; title page worn and a bit stained with closed tear in title,
moderate worming, lacking endpapers; 2 early owners’ signatures on final blank page.
México: Francisco Salbago, 1631
[500/750]
FIRST EDITION
of a work of moral theology by a Mexican-born priest, later translated into
Spanish in 1646. Includes a final approbation leaf dated 26 January 1631, not called for in
Medina or Palau. Medina, México 423 (noting only one copy, in the Biblioteca Lafragua);
Palau 282425; none in OCLC and only one copy known at auction.
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(MEXICO—1635.) Manso y Zuñiga,
Francisco.
Regla, y ordenaciones de las
religiosas de la limpia, e immaculada
concepcion de la virgen santissima
Nra. Señora.
Woodcuts of Our Lady of
Guadalupe and arms. [4], 39, [1] leaves. 8vo,
modern full morocco, minor wear; minor
foxing, edges tinted, manuscript signature of
the author as Archbishop of México on
verso of leaf 36; partial marca de fuego on
top edge, bookplates of G.R.G. Conway and
Florencio Gavito on front endpapers, small
inked “MM” stamps on verso of title and
leaf 32.
México: Juan Ruiz, 1635
[2,000/3,000]
FIRST EDITION
.
Regulations of the Order of the
Immaculate Conception, also known as the
Conceptionists, for their convent in México. The
woodcut is perhaps the first image of the Virgin of
Guadalupe to be published in a book. Medina,
México 458 (listing one copy in the Biblioteca
Andrade); Palau does not list this edition. One
copy in OCLC, and only one other copy known
at auction.
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