Sep 17, 2009 - Sale 2186

Sale 2186 - Lot 327

Price Realized: $ 9,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
INCLUDES THE FIRST BIBLIOGRAPHY PRINTED IN AMERICA (MEXICAN EARLY IMPRINTS.) Baptista, Juan. A Jesu Christo S.N. ofrece este Sermonario en Lengua Mexicana. Several woodcut illustrations. Thick 4to, later 1/4 calf; title page defective with two letters grazed and with scribblings by an early owner, title page and next leaf stabilized with early repairs, moderate corner wear, minor dampstaining and worm holes, lacks final 4 leaves; several early signatures of Carlos Peres on leaf ***7, bookplate of Nicolás León on front pastedown and his inked stamp on the title page repair, discreet library release stamp on last page. (JCB) Mexico, 1606
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The second collection ever published of sermons in Nahuatl, prefaced with a two-page list of previous works by Bautista. "Contains the first bibliography published in the New World . . . Of the 17 items listed, several have failed to survive in any known copy, including the second part of this sermonario"--Szewczyk 19. JCB II:37; Medina, Mexico 227; Sabin 36133.