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(MEXICO—1673.) Vetancurt, Agustín de.
Arte de lengua mexicana.
Woodcut
portrait of Saint Anthony on title page. [6], 1-14, 14-49, [4] leaves. 4to, contemporary
vellum, moderate wear, back cover cracked; moderate dampstaining and wear, many page
numbers excised from upper corner, many early annotations, lacking final 4 leaves; small
inked “MM” stamp on penultimate leaf.
México: Francisco Rodríguez Lupercio, 1673
[1,500/2,500]
A Nahuatl grammar compiled by the Mexican-born Franciscan missionary. Graff 4475;
Medina, México 1103; Palau 361209; Pilling 4002; Sabin 99385.
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(MEXICO—1680.) Riofrío, Bernardo de.
Centonicum virgilianum
monimentum mirabilis apparitionis purissimae Virginis Mariae de Guadalupe
extramuros civitatis mexicanae.
[7], 5 leaves. Folio, sewn into repurposed vellum covers
without backstrip; lacking 2 cm of the upper inner corners throughout (not touching
text), long closed tear in final preliminary leaf, lacking the plate as usual.
México: Viuda de Bernardo Calderón, 1680
[400/600]
A poem on Our Lady of Guadalupe. Medina, México 1214; Palau 268387-8; Sabin
71481. None known at auction, and only 2 in OCLC.
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(MEXICO—1681.) Velasco, Thomas de.
Breviloquio moral practico en que
se contienen las sesenta y cinco proposiciones prohibidas.
[10], 35, xii, [8] leaves.
8vo, contemporary vellum, minor wear, staining on back cover, text block coming
detached; moderate dampstaining, lacking free endpapers; marca de fuego on top edge,
early inscriptions on verso of title page and inside rear cover.
México: Viuda de Bernardo Calderón, 1681
[800/1,200]
A discussion of the 65 liberal casuist propositions banned by Pope Innocent XI in 1679.
Medina, México 1238; Palau 357213. 4 copies in OCLC, and none known at auction,
though Goodspeed offered a copy in 1907.
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