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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; light water damage to first few leaves with slight loss to top edge of frontispiece, otherwise minimal wear to contents. Mexico: María de Benavides, 1698
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.
