Sep 26, 2019 - Sale 2517

Sale 2517 - Lot 259

Price Realized: $ 1,875
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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(JESUITS.) 4 Jesuit texts, including a Mexican imprint on Thomas Aquinas and a manuscript on the expulsion from Paraguay. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; some worming to second title, minimal wear to contents; edges tinted red; Dominican marca de fuego on top edge. Vp, 1767-72 and undated
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This volume contains 3 pamphlets and a long manuscript. The three printed works are: Juan de San Anastasio. "Explicatio terminorum, quibus frequentius in disputando scholastici utuntur: Seu via scientiarum illustrata ad mentem angelici doctoris S. Thomae Aquinatis." [12], 91 [actually 61], [6] pages. Medina, Mexico 5524. Mexico: Jauregui, [1772] Garces. "Disertación de la indulgencia plenaria con el toties quoties en el día de la asumpción de María Santísima." 20 pages. Zaragoza, [1770?] "Coleccion general de las providencias hasta aqui tomadas por el Gobierno sobre estrañamiento y ocupación de temporalidades." [4], 156 pages. Madrid, 1767.
The volume concludes with a manuscript of 61 leaves titled "Recopilación de noticias desde el año de 1755 hasta el mes de abril de 1758 en orden del judicio de el Paraguay, principio para la expulsión de los Jesuitas en el Reyno de Portugal." It is largely a compilation of papal bulls, letters, and other documents. In addition to the Jesuit expulsion from Paraguay, it also includes documents relating to the attempted assassination of King Joseph I of Portugal.