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(MEXICO—1755.) Florencia, Francisco de.
Zodiaco Mariano, en que el Sol de
Justicia Christo.
4to, later
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2
calf, moderate wear, chip to base of backstrip; title page laid
down on a 1763 print, first two leaves extended and tipped in, moderate worming toward
rear, tightly trimmed with an occasional headline grazed, endpapers stained and worn; early
inscriptions on title page.
México: Colegio de San Ildefonso, 1755
[300/400]
Tracks the appearances of the Virgin Mary throughout Mexico. “A work of considerable
importance for the ecclesiastical history of Spanish North America. . . . The details are narrated
with great fullness, with names, dates, and circumstances, with authorities and bibliographical
citations”—Stevens 2545. The Our Lady of Guadalupe print affixed to the verso of the title
page was done by José Benitez Ortuño in Mexico in 1763. Medina, México 4246; Palau
92355; Sabin 24819.
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(MEXICO—1755.)
Izcatqui in icuepca in Pater Noster / Los mandamientos
de la ley de Dios son diez.
Letterpress broadside, 31 x 21 cm; edges rough, moderate
dampstaining, folds and wrinkles, lone wormhole in text area.
México: Bibliotheca Mexicana, 1755
[600/900]
Seven prayers in Nahuatl, with Spanish titles. Not in Medina, México or Palau; none known
at auction.
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(MEXICO—1755.) [López, Juan Francisco.]
Officium in festo B. V. Mariae
de Guadalupe Mexicanae.
Illustrated title page in red and black. [2], 66, 57-63, [1]
pages. 12mo, later cloth, minor wear; hinges split, minor worming and dampstaining, final
leaf worn at corners. First Mexican edition. Medina, México 4270 (calls for only 49 pages);
Palau 199519, 140169n.
Mexico: Héredes María de Ribera, 1755
[250/350]
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(MEXICO—1756.) Cabrera, Miguel.
Maravilla Americana, y conjunto de
raras maravillas . . . en la prodigiosa imagen de Nuestra Sra. de Guadalupe.
[18],
30, [6] pages. 4to, contemporary marbled wrappers; minimal wear.
México: Colegio de San Ildefonso, 1756
[2,000/3,000]
Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera (1695–1768) was the great Mexican painter of his era. The
Maravilla Americana was his influential work on Our Lady of Guadalupe, in which he analyzed
the materials used in the painting and concluded that it was of divine origin. Not known at auction
since the Phillipps copy in 1986. Medina, México 4310; Palau 38865; Sabin 9812.
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