Apr 12, 2018 - Sale 2473

Sale 2473 - Lot 277

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1676.) Pardo, Francisco. Vida, y virtudes heroycas de la Madre Maria de Jesus, religiosa professa en el Convento . . . de la Ciudad de los Angeles. Woodcut of the Virgin Mary following title page. [33], 281, [1], xvi, [20] leaves. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear, detached from text block; moderate worming in margins, leaves E2-3 and Kkk2-3 detached. Mexico: Viuda de Bernardo Calderon, 1676

Additional Details

first edition. A biography of Sister María de Jesus (1579-1637) of Puebla. Medina, Mexico 1144; Palau 212277; Sabin 58567. Only one other known at auction since 1914 (Swann, 31 March 2011, lot 340).