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Taylor, Magistrates of the Sacred, pages 156-7). The author was an Augustinian who taught the
Nahuatl language at the University of Mexico for 22 years. Medina, México
2370; Palau 219404.
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316
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(MEXICO—1713.)
Pérez, Manuel.
Farol indiano, y
guia de curas de indios.
bound
with, as usual,
Arte de el idioma
mexicano.
[48], 192, [3]; [16], 80,
[3] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum,
lacking part of backstrip, detached
from text block; fragments of
p e r i o d m a n u s c r i p t s u s ed a s
endpapers, minor dampstaining,
fore-edge of final leaf torn with
loss of two letters; early inscriptions
on flyleaves and title page, embossed
stamp on title page of Biblioteca
Familiar Sotomayor Vaqueiro.
México: Francisco de Ribera
Calderón, 1713
[3,000/4,000]
A popular guide to Mexican parish ser-
vice during this period, with an
emphasis on the cultural and language
problems inherent in administering the
sacraments to the Indians. I t w a s
f r e quently found in the estate
inventories of parish priests (see