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(MEXICO—1802.)
Vida de
San Felipe de Jesus Protomartir del
Japon, y Patron de su Patria Mexico
and
Breve resumen de la vida y mar-
tyr io del inclyto mexicano y
proto-martyr del Japon, el beato
Felipe de Jesus.
31 plates including
engraved title page in the first volume;
portrait plate and another copy of the
engraved title plus 71 text pages in the
second volume. 4to, contemporary tree
calf, minor wear, similar but unmatched;
minor staining in the illustrated volume, a
lone wormhole in the text volume; each
with small inked “MM” stamps.
México: Oficina Madrileña, 1801, 1802
[6,000/9,000]
FIRST EDITION
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A lavishly illustrated life of
San Felipe de Jesús (1572-1597), who was
martyred in Japan and became the first
Mexican-born saint, as well as the patron saint
of Mexico City. The first volume consists
entirely of engraved scenes from Felipe’s life, one of the earliest entirely illustrated books issued in
México. Some or all of the plates are by the important Mexican illustrator José María Montes de Oca.
The second volume includes the related text by an anonymous author. Medina, México 9461 (the
Vida not listed); Palau 35446, 363045; Sabin 76029 (the Breve Resumen not listed).