(MEXICAN IMPRINT 1582) [Gaona Juan] Colloquios de la paz y

Sale 2473 - Lot 265

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1582.) [Gaona, Juan.] Colloquios de la paz y tranquilidad Christiana, en lengua Mexicana. 2 woodcut engravings on penultimate preliminary leaf. [16], 121, [1] leaves including facsimiles. 16mo, later vellum; 15 leaves in facsimile (first 9 preliminary leaves, plus leaves F5, O4, P1, and P6-8), leaves P2-5 defective and restored in partial facsimile, marginal paper repairs and closed tears to a few other leaves, wear and finger-soiling throughout, extensive early manuscript notes. Mexico: Pedro Ocharte, 1582

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Religious dialogues in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs. Includes a full-page woodcut of Saint Francis. Medina, Mexico I:94; Palau 97581; Pilling 1400; Sabin 26544; Wagner, Mexican Imprints in the Huntington Library 88. None others traced at auction since 1925.