170 242
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(MEXICO—1750.) Montufar, Juan José Mariano.
Compendio mystico moral
de flores eucharisticas.
[38], 493 pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; lacking
the plate found in some copies; moderate worming on a few internal leaves; marca de
fuego on top edge, inked library stamp on final blank page, inked Mathes stamp on fore-
edge and first page, small inked “MM” stamp on verso of title and page 52.
México: María de Ribera, 1750
[500/750]
A work on the Eucharist. Medina, México 4005; Palau 179833 (calls for a plate, not noted
by Medina). None known at auction since the 1885 Porter Bliss sale.
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(MEXICO—1750.) [Duarte Buron, José.]
Ilustracion de el derecho . . . para
la percepcion del diezmo que causa el fruto del maguey, el que por medio de
su fermentacion passa naturalmente á la especie de pulque, de cuya bebida usan
los naturales.
[2], 85 pages. Folio, modern
1
/
4
morocco; original front free endpaper
bound in, minor foxing, minor wear to last leaf.
México: María de Ribera, 1750
[800/1,200]
A proposal to tax the production of the alcoholic drink pulque. Medina, Mexico 3986; Palau
118288; Sabin 34347.
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(MEXICO—1752.) Balthasar, Juan
Antonio.
Carta . . . que dá noticia de la
exemplar vida . . . del fervoroso
missionero el Venerable P. Francisco
Maria Picolo.
[88] pages. 4to, modern
1
/
4
calf; minor marginal dampstaining; partial
marca de fuego on top edge, small inked
“MM” stamps on pages 2 and 52.
[México, 1752]
[4,000/6,000]
The life of a pioneering Sicilian Jesuit missionary
and explorer Francisco María Piccolo, who helped
established the Loreto mission in 1697—the first
permanent European settlement in Baja
California. He authored a pamphlet in 1701
which could be called the first Californian book,
and mostly remained in the region until his death
in 1729. Appended are shorter lives of Fathers
Lorenzo Carranco and Nicolás de Tamarál, both
killed in 1734 during an Indian uprising at the
Baja Peninsula’s southern tip. Cowan 1933, page
31; Hill 50; Howes B80 (“d”—very rare,
obtainable only with great difficulty); Medina,
México 4069; Palau 22766; Streeter sale
IV:2432; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 124.
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