(MEXICAN IMPRINT 1698) José Ramirez Via lactea seu vita can

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1698.) José Ramirez. Via lactea, seu vita candidissima S. Philippi Nerii. Illustrated additional title page, portrait plate. [38], 222, [12] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; minor worming, minimal wear to contents; edges tinted blue-gray. Mexico: María de Benavides, 1698

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First Mexican edition of a biography of the Italian saint Philip Neri (1515-1595), notable for its unusual and attractive title page by engraver Antonio de Castro, illustrating the Milky Way of the title. "Ramirez of Valencia with immense labour composed his epitome entirely with words drawn from the Holy Scriptures"--Bacci, Life of Saint Philip Neri, page xxx. Also attributed to Juan de la Pedrosa. Medina, Mexico 1705; Palau 246730-III; Sabin 67647.

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