(MEXICAN IMPRINT 1679) [Escalante Tomás de] Breve noticia d

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1679.) [Escalante, Tomás de.] Breve noticia de la vida exemplar y dichosa muerte del venerable padre Bartholome Castaño de la Compañia de Jesus. Portrait plate. [6], 46 leaves on heavy paper. 4to, contemporary vellum, somewhat defective; minor worming and foxing, a few early manuscript notes; marca de fuego on top edge and inscription on title page of the Carmelite Convento de San Joaquín de Tacuba de México. Mexico: Juan de Ribera, 1679

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first edition of the life of Bartolomé Castaño (1601-1672), a Portuguese Jesuit who served as a missionary on the Sinaloa frontier from 1632 to 1648. He established several missions in what is now Sonora as far north as Banamichi, about 100 miles south of what is now the Arizona border. Medina, Mexico 1183; Palau 80729; Sabin 22817 (describes the second edition only); Wagner, Spanish Southwest 52. 5 copies in OCLC and none known at auction, though Rosenbach did offer the Wagner copy for $565 back in 1950.