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(MEXICO—1752.) Oviedo, Juan Antonio.
Vida admirable, apostolicos
ministerios, y heroicas virtudes del venerable Padre Joseph Vidal.
[18], 168, 199-282,
[4] pages. 4to, later vellum, minor wear; internally clean; early library inscription on title
page.
México: Colegio de San Ildefonso, 1752
[1,500/2,500]
“
Details the travels of the Padre in various Mexican provinces, and is of value for the geograph-
ical information”—Sabin 58002. Medina, México 4090; Palau 207717.
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(MEXICO—1752.) Villavicencio, Juan José.
Vida, y virtudes de . . . Padre
Juan de Ugarte . . . missionero de las islas Californias.
[12], 214, [2] pages. 4to,
contemporary vellum, moderate wear; bottom edge of title page restored with slight loss to
border, faint dampstaining on last 4 leaves; inked library stamp on title and page 33, small
inked “MM” stamp on verso of title page.
México: Colegio de San Ildefonso, 1752
[4,000/6,000]
A life of the Jesuit missionary Juan de Ugarte, who first came to lower California from 1700
and died there in 1730. He is best known for his expedition to the northern end of the Gulf,
which helped to prove that California was not an island—discussed here in Chapter 15.
Cowan 1933, page 661; Howes V104 (“c”); Medina, México 4105; Palau 368935; Sabin
99694; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 126.
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