(MEXICAN EARLY IMPRINTS) Baptista Juan Advertencias para los

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(MEXICAN EARLY IMPRINTS.) Baptista, Juan. Advertencias para los Confessores de los Naturales. [8], 112 [i.e. 113], 41 leaves. Small 8vo, disbound but with contemporary vellum covers; dampstaining, scattered contemporary annotations, minor marginal worm holes, 8 preliminary leaves instead of 15 as with some copies, with second leaf 14 as usual, lacking final 15 leaves (F2-F8, G1-G8) and lacking entire second part; early owner inscriptions on front free endpaper, discreet library release stamp on final leaf. (JCB) Mexico, 1600

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An important handbook for confessors in Spanish and Latin, with some sections also in Nahuatl. "The friar's intention here is not only to explain how morally and spiritually to be a good confessor of Indians, but also to explain to the priests the legal context in which they operate"--Szewczyk, 15. JCB II:4; Medina, Mexico 163; Palau 23463; Sabin 3242.