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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1607.) Juan Baptista. A Jesu Christo S.N. ofrece este sermonario en lengua mexicana. Several woodcut illustrations. [52], 709, [48] pages. Thick 4to, later calf, minor wear; title page in facsimile, intermittent dampstaining, moderate worming, 3 cello tape repairs, repairs to final leaf without loss of text; edges tinted red. Mexico: Diego López Dávalos, 1606 [1607 colophon]
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; Palau 23467; Sabin 36133.
