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(MEXICO—1746.) Saavedra, Marcos de.
Confessonario breve activo, y
passivo, en lengua mexicana.
[15] pages. Small 8vo, stitched; unevenly trimmed, minor
spotting.
México: María de Ribera, 1746
[1,000/1,500]
Apparently a second edition (“reimpresso”), but no copies of any earlier edition have been
traced. A manual for confessors in parallel Spanish and Nahuatl. Beristain states that the
author arrived in México in 1623, so the lost first edition presumably dates from that period.
Medina, México 3798; Palau 283406; Pilling 3428; Sabin 74650.
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(MEXICO—1746.) Villa-Señor y Sánchez, José Antonio de.
Theatro ameri-
cano, descripcion general de los reynos . . . de la Nueva-España.
2 identical
frontispiece plates, one following each title page. [18], 232, [4], 233-382; [12], 428 pages.
2 volumes in one. Folio, later vellum; minor dampstaining, final text leaf defective and
restored, lacking all 10 index leaves (5 from each volume); marca de fuego on top edge,
bookplate of Alberto Mascareñas on front pastedown.
México: Viuda de Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, 1746-1748
[2,500/3,500]
A detailed compilation of fresh information on the towns and missions of New Spain. The last
half of Volume II consists of reports on California, Texas, New Mexico, and other frontier
provinces. Medina, México 3802; Palau 368823 (“obra muy buscada”); Sabin 99686;
Wagner, Spanish Southwest 118 (“valuable for the many notices which it contains of the towns
and mines in northern Mexico”).
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(MEXICO—1747.) Oviedo, Juan Antonio de.
Menologio de los varones mas
señalados en perfeccion religiosa de la provinica de la Compañía de Jesus de
Nueva-España.
[8], 228 pages. 4to, later
1
/
4
calf, minor wear; small part of title reinforced
in ink, lacking the portrait called for in Medina; small inked “MM” stamp on verso of title
page.
[Mexico, 1747?]
[300/400]
Revised third edition. A calendar of biographical and historical sketches of the Jesuit missionar-
ies in Mexico. Medina BHA 3442; Palau 207713n; Sabin 24812. Provenance: Small
bookplate of bibliographer Joaquin García Icazbalceta; Howell catalogue 52-263 (1980—
description laid in).
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