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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1624.) Mijangos, Juan de. Primera parte del sermonario, dominical, y sanctoral en lengua mexicana. Illustrated title page with woodcut on verso. [18], 564, [91] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear, coming detached from text block; lacking front endpapers, final leaf adhered to rear pastedown; marcas de fuego on top and bottom edges. Mexico: Juan de Alcaçar, 1624
Sermons in Nahuatl by an Augustinian friar. "The author, a native of Oaxaca, dedicated himself chiefly to the wants and necessities of the native Indians, whose language he mastered to an admirable degree. His works are looked upon as specimens of the most elegant Mexican language"--Sabin 48909. Though described as Part One, no other volumes were published. Medina, Mexico II:370; Palau 168873; Pilling 2582. None known at auction since 1986.
