(MEXICAN IMPRINT 1699) Alonso Alberto de Velasco Exaltacion

Sale 2564 - Lot 366

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1699.) Alonso Alberto de Velasco. Exaltacion de la divina misericordia en la milagrosa renovacion de la soberana imagen de Christo. [8], 67, [1] leaves. 4to, later vellum, minor wear; possibly lacking a plate (of which Medina was able to find no example), leaves 13-16 in facsimile, minor wear and dampstaining. Mexico: Maria de Benavides, 1699

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First known edition of an oft-reprinted popular work on the miraculous reappearance of an image of Christ in the church of the convent of St. Joseph in Mexico City. It was adapted from his 1688 compilation of the evidence, "Renovacion por si misma de la soberana imagen de Christo." Medina, Mexico 1754; Palau 357042. None traced at auction.