Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 65

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(JESUITS.) Izquierdo, Sebastian. Proponese la gravissima obligacion . . . parece que tienen de embiar los mayores numeros de operarios de la Compañía de Jesus, que fuere posible, á las Indias Occidentales, para que se empleen en las missiones de sus Indios. 8 leaves on 4 folded sheets. Folio, disbound; extensive repairs, particularly along folds, unevenly trimmed; small inked "MM" stamp on second page. [Madrid, circa 1732]
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Reprints a 1673 Jesuit letter, and concludes with 6 paragraphs on the later growth of the missions through 1726. Mentions the California missions. Medina apparently never saw this publication, and describes it three times with incomplete second-hand information each time. Medina, BHA 6558, 6559, 7199; Palau 122442. None known at auction since an 1862 Puttick & Simpson sale, and only 2 in OCLC.