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(GUATEMALA.) Vázquez, Francisco. Chronica de la provincia . . . de Guatemala de el orden de N. seraphico Padre San Francisco. [22], 771, [15]; [4], 894, [10] pages. 2 volumes. Folio, contemporary vellum, minimal wear; lacking free endpapers, lacking frontispiece plate, minor dampstaining, intermittent minor worming in Volume I, somewhat heavier in Volume II; marcas de fuego of Convento de san Antonio de Padua in Querétaro (BEFK-12070) on top and fore edges, inscription crossed out on second title page. Guatemala: Ymprenta de San Francisco, 1714 and 1716
First edition. "Chronicle of the Franciscan order in Guatemala, important for sixteenth and seventeenth century studies. Descriptions of the various monasteries and missions in the rural areas, a full discussion of the alternative question among Guatemala's Franciscans, and accounts of the various entradas to the Caribbean coast of Honduras are especially interesting"--Griffin 2542. The second volume (present here) is said by Medina to be much scarcer. Medina, Guatemala 94, 107; Palau 353674; Sabin 98713. None seen at auction since 1986.
