(MEXICAN IMPRINT 1587) 5BConstitutiones Ordinis Fratrum Erem

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1587.) [Constitutiones Ordinis Fratrum Eremitarum Sancti Augustini.] Woodcut on verso of leaf 9. 9-225, [39 of 43] leaves. 8vo, modern speckled calf; lacking 65 scattered leaves including title, heavy wear and repairs to a few other leaves, moderate worming and dampstaining (heavier in index). [Mexico: Pedro Ocharte, 1587]

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A quite defective Mexican printing of the regulations for the Order of St. Augustine, following an earlier printing from 1556. Garcia Icazbalceta 98; Medina, Mexico 105; Palau 59840; Sabin 57519 ("an excessively rare production"); Wagner, Mexican Imprints in the Huntington Library 98.