Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 470

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1723.) Pérez, Manuel. Cathecismo romano, traducido en castellano, y mexicano. [24 of 28], 248 pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; lacking preliminary leaves W2-3, extensive early manuscript notes in margins, minimal dampstaining; 1890 gift inscription to historian Francisco del Paso y Troncoso and other inscriptions on front free endpaper. Mexico: Francisco de Rivera Calderon, 1723

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A lesser-known work by the author of Farol Indiana, offering a translation of the Roman catechism into both Spanish and Nahuatl. Medina, Mexico IV:2719 ("interesante como raro"); Palau 219407; Pilling 2957; Sabin 60912 ("of the greatest rarity").