León y Gama, Antonio de (1735-1802)
Instruccion sobre el Remedio de las Lagartijas Nuevamente Descubierto para la Curacion del Cancro, y Otras Enfermedades.

Mexico City: Felipe de Zuñíga y Ontiveros, 1782.

Quarto, [A]4, B-H4 +one unsigned leaf, 59 pages; typographical ornament to title, disbound, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.

León y Gama, Mexican astronomer, anthropologist, and scientist, famously published a work on the 54,000 pound Aztec sun stone found in Mexico City in 1790, arguing for its importance and preservation. In the present essay, on the treatment of tumors, he argues in favor of the use of wall lizards, the Largartijas of the title, as a cure for cancer.

Guerra 435; Medina, Mexico 7317; Palau 135584. None traced at auction since 1938.