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(MEXICO—1742.) Oyanguren de Santa Ynes, Melchor.
Tagalysmo elucidado,
y reducido . . . á la Latinidad de Nebrija con su syntaxis . . . y composicion
tiene con el dialecto Chinico Mandarin, con las lenguas Hebrea, y Griega.
Woodcut of Saint Francis on verso of title page. [8], 228 pages. 4to, contemporary vellum,
minor wear; moderate worming, marca de fuego trimmed from top edge.
México: Francisco Xavier Sánchez, 1742
[600/900]
A Tagalog grammar for use of missionaries to the Philippines. Medina, México 3616; Palau
207854; Sabin 58035. None known at auction, and 4 in OCLC.
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(MEXICO—1746.) Blanco, Matias.
Tractatus de libertate creata sub divina,
voluntate, et omnipotentia, funiculus triplex.
[44], 359, [15] pages. 4to, contemporary
vellum, minor wear; front hinge split, minor marginal worming toward front, very faint
dampstaining.
Mexico: Viuda de Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, 1746
[250/350]
A work on predestination and free will. Medina, México 3751; Palau 30219. Only one other
copy known at auction, Swann 31 March 2011, lot 325; only one copy in OCLC.
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(MEXICO—1746.) Espinosa, Isidro Félix de.
Chronica apostolica, y seraphica
de todos los Colegios de Propaganda Fide de esta Nueva-España, de
Missioneros Franciscanos Observantes.
[90 of 100], 590, [22 of 24] pages. Folio, later
marbled sheep, moderate wear; title page crudely trimmed with short closed tear, moderate
worming, lacking the first 10 preliminary leaves after the title, lacking final leaf with
extensive early repairs to the preceding 3 leaves; title page in red and black; small inked
“MM” stamps on verso of title and page 52.
México: Viuda de Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, 1746
[1,000/1,500]
A Franciscan history of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith’s activities in
New Spain. “Contains . . . a history of the missions on the Rio Grande and in Texas largely
written from the personal experiences of Espinosa himself’’—Wagner, Spanish Southwest 117.
Also includes a section on Father Cassañas de Jesús María, who was killed by Indians in New
Mexico in 1696. Arricivita’s “Crónica seráfica y apostólica” (see lot 413) was issued in 1792
as a sort of sequel to this work. Howes E182 (“b”); Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 60; Medina,
México, 3769; Palau 82707; Sabin 22896 (“A rare and important work”).
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