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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1694.) Francisco de Florencia. Origen de los dos celebres santuarios de la Nueva-Galicia obispado de Guadalaxara. 3 plates. [20], 154, [8] pages. 4to, later 1/4 calf, minor wear; frontispiece worn and laid down, moderate dampstaining and soiling, early paper repairs to 3 leaves with minimal loss of text, final leaf with moderate wear and loss. Mexico: José Guillena Carrascoso, 1694
First edition of a work on shrines near Guadalajara. The worn frontispiece plate depicts the Virgin of Zapopan. The well-preserved additional plates depict the Cruz de Tepique, and Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos (facing pages 4 and 46 respectively). Florencia was perhaps the first notable Floridian author, born in St. Augustine in 1620. Medina, Mexico 1570; Palau 92349. 4 copies of this first edition in OCLC and none traced at auction, though the 1757 second edition does well.
