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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. [16], 562, [2] (of 4) pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, worn; lacking front endpapers, title page defective and laid down, extensive marginal repairs to several other leaves, a few leaves coming detached, moderate dampstaining and worming, a few early manuscript notes, lacking the final leaf ("tabla para los predicadores"), rear endpapers renewed. 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 II:238; Palau 168872 ("estimado en comercio"); Pilling 2581; Sabin 48908 ("Extremely rare, not mentioned by Brunet, Rich, Brochaus, or Stevens").
