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AN ORIGINAL WORK WRITTEN IN NAHUATL (MEXICAN IMPRINT--1607.) Mijangos, Juan de. [Espeio divino en lengua mexicana.] 3 full-page woodcuts and other illustrations. [8 of 16], 562, [6] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, worn; lacking front endpapers, lacking title page and 5 other leaves, edge wear and early repairs to numerous leaves, moderate dampstaining, early marginal notes throughout, waste-paper rear endpapers. [Mexico: Diego Lopez Davalos, 1607]
"A large work of moral and theological philosophy written entirely in Nahuatl. The work is designed for use by both the educated Indians and the clergy working among the natives"--Szewcyzk, 39 Books and Broadsides Printed in America Before the Bay Psalm Book, 20. Features one of the first American images of Saint Augustine. Medina, Mexico 238; Palau 168872 ("estimado en comercio"); Pilling 2581; Sabin 48908 ("Extremely rare, not mentioned by Brunet, Rich, Brochaus, or Stevens").
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