Nov 18, 2008 - Sale 2163

Sale 2163 - Lot 280

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICAN IMPRINT.) [Lacunza, Manuel]. Venida del Mesias en Gloria y Magestad. 3 volumes. Small 4to,, contemporary gilt tree calf, spine labels reading "Josefat," minor insect damage and scuffing on covers of Volume II; some dampstaining in Volume I, one small worm hole affecting first 50 pages of Volume II. Puebla, 1821-22

Additional Details

first mexican edition. This controversial work by an exiled Chilean Jesuit predicted the imminent arrival of the Messiah. Lacunza died in 1801, and his Venida del Mesias was first published posthumously in Spain circa 1812 using the pseudonym Juan Josafat Ben-Ezra, with the hope that his work would be accepted by a wider audience if thought to be written by a converted Jew. Although the book was soon banned by the Catholic Church, it went through numerous later editions. It is now regarded as an early influence on the Millerite movement and today's Seventh-Day Adventists. Medina Puebla 1884; Palau 129492.