158 242
312
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(MEXICO—1707.)
Sammelband volume of 5 religious tracts.
Contemporary
vellum, moderate wear, spine title reading “sermones varios”; moderate worming, heavy in
two titles as noted, lacking free endpapers.
México and Madrid, 1706-24
[700/1,000]
Hierro y Algora. Sermon panegyrico . . . celebra la nobilissima ciudad de Zacatecas. [10], 9
leaves; heavy worming in lower margin without loss of text. México: Guillena Carrascoso,
1715 * Rodero. Sermon en accion de gracias por la nueva fundacion del Monasterio de
Recoletas Agustinas de Santa Monica. [12], 8 leaves, including full-page armorial woodcut;
lacking leaves 6 and 7. México: Ribera, 1720 * Pimentel. Columna mystica, que en las
heroycas virtudes de . . . Don Gines Gomez de Valdes. [38], 52 pages; heavy worming; not
seen by Medina and not in OCLC. México: Rodríguez Lupercio, 1724 * Herrera Ascanio.
Lagrimas amorosas. [8], 19 pages. México: Ribera Calderón, 1707 * Clavijo. Ave Maria,
vespertina sueño de la espada de Gedeon. [2], 9 leaves; not in Palau or OCLC. [Madrid,
1706?]. Medina, México 2423; 2608; 2761; 2145; none of these works are known to have
appeared at auction.
313
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(MEXICO—1708.) Borda, Andrés.
Practica de confessores de monjas, en
que se explican los quatro votos de obediencia, pobreza, castidad, y clausura,
por modo de dialogo.
[12], 88, [4] leaves. 8vo, contemporary calf, back cover worn;
moderate to heavy worming, moderate dampstaining on top edge.
México: Francisco de Ribera Calderón, 1708
[400/600]
A guide for nuns. Medina, México 2165; Palau 32973.
314
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(MEXICO—1709?) [Oliván Rebolledo, Juan Manuel; et al.]
Oracion a nuestro
Señor Soberano D. Philippo V . . . por el Insigne Colegio Mayor de Santa Maria
de Todos-Santos de Mexico, para que se le restituya la multa impuesta.
[1], 35
leaves. Folio, disbound; minor wear, a bit of early underlining. [México, 1709?]
[250/350]
Oivan Rebolledo was later the governor of Texas. Medina, México 9320 (questions whether
this was printed in México). 3 copies in OCLC; none known at auction since 1968.
315
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(MEXICO—1712.) Esteyneffer, Juan de.
Florilegio medicinal de todas las
enfermedades . . . para bien de los pobres, y de los que tienen falta de medicos,
en particular para las provincias remotas.
[34], 522 pages. 4to, contemporary vellum,
worn, detached from text block; minor dampstaining and wear, leaf Q1 supplied from
another copy and laid in, final 3 index leaves worn with slight loss of text; small inked
“MM” stamp on verso of title and page 52.
México: Herederos de Juan José Guillena Carrascoso, 1712
[1,000/1,500]
FIRST EDITION
.
Written by a Silesian Jesuit (born Steinhoeffer) who served in the missions of
New Spain. This work went through at least four more editions in Madrid and elsewhere.
“Work of popularisation, originally written to assist missionaries and others in remote places. . . .
The first two books comprise medicine and surgery, arranged by symptom, and the third is a
dispensatory”—Wellcome Americana M.50. Recommends cannabis (cañamo) for nursing
mothers on page 234. Guerra, Medica Mexicana 200; Medina, México, 2317; Palau 84235.
Provenance: Swann sale, 19 May 1988; none others known at auction since Swann sold
another copy on 11 June 1970.