?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1697.) Serra, Angel. Manual de administrar los santos sacramentos. [12], 129, [4] leaves. 4to, early blind-stamped decorated calf, minor wear; moderate dampstaining and wear, lacking leaf 32, leaves 112-3 and final leaf defective. Mexico: María de Benavides, viuda de Juan de Ribera, 1697
first edition of a book of sacraments in Spanish and Latin, with many sections such as the marriage ceremony and catechism in parallel Spanish and Purépecha (also known as Tarascan, the language of Michoacán). Medina, Mexico 1681; Palau 309781 ("muy rara"). We trace none sold at auction.
