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(MEXICO—1640.)
Constituciones de la Provincia del Santo Evangelio.
[28] leaves. 4to, contemporary vellum, moderate wear, sticker remnant on backstrip; title
page quite defective with loss of bottom half, lacking leaves 2 and 3, all three provided in
facsimile, leaves from a 1663 European work used as endpapers, partial marca de fuego on
top edge, bottom edge unevenly trimmed with tailpiece grazed, bookplate removed from
front pastedown, minor dampstaining toward rear, minor edge wear throughout.
[México: Bernardo Calderón, 1640]
[4,000/6,000]
The 1614 constitution of the Franciscan province of Santo Evangelio, as amended in 1640.
Includes a clause relating to conversions in Nuevo México, and 3 clauses relating to the Indians
generally: “doctrina y escuelas”; “amparo y defensa”; and finally “Del castigo de los Indios.”
One of the last books printed by the founder of the long-running Calderón dynasty, who died
later that year. Medina, México 518 (reportng only the Andrade copy); Palau 59894. 2 copies
in OCLC, and none known at auction.
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(MEXICO—1644.) Palafox y Mendoza, Juan de.
Semana santa injusticias que
intervinieron en la muerte de Christo Nuestro Redemptor.
[8], 235, [1] leaves. 4to,
later calf, minor wear; edges tinted, minor staining to a few leaves; early owners’ signatures
on half-title recto and verso.
México: Francisco Robledo, [1644]
[2,500/3,500]
FIRST EDITION
of an important work by the famed Bishop of Puebla. Medina, México 584;
Palau 209663 (“impreso mejicano de gran rareza”). None known at auction since 1889,
though the dealer Lathrop Harper offered an inferior copy in 1975.
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