(MEXICAN IMPRINT 1688) Francisco de Florencia La estrella d

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1688.) Francisco de Florencia. La estrella de el norte de Mexico. Frontispiece plate of the Virgin of Guadalupe. [21], 241, [3] leaves. 4to, later vellum from a different volume, detached from text block; minor foxing, leaf 89 slightly defective; edges speckled orange; 1750 inscription on flyleaf and title page, marca de fuego on top edge. Mexico: Maria de Benavides, 1688

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First edition of an important work by the first Florida-born author (born in St. Augustine in 1620). It features one of the first published accounts of Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (the first indigenous Mexican saint) and his role as a witness of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Medina, Mexico 1412; Palau 92340.