(MEXICAN IMPRINT 1746) Mathias de Escobar Voces de Triton S

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1746.) Mathias de Escobar. Voces de Triton Sonoro, que da desde la Santa Iglesia de Valladolid de Mechoacan. [94], 206, 107-111, [35] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; hinges torn, faint dampstaining, closed tear to appendix title page; marcas de fuego of the Convento de san Francisco in Silao, Guanajuato (MFM-12117) on top and bottom edges, modern ex-libris bookplate on front pastedown. Mexico: José Bernardo Hogal, 1746

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Concerns the remains of Juan José Escalona y Calatayud, Bishop of Caracas and Michoacán, which were exhumed seven years after his death and found to be in a miraculous state of freshness; examination under a microscope found cinnamon and rosemary. See Will de Chaparro, "Death and Dying in New Mexico," page 108. Includes an appendix with a separate title page, "Testimonio relativo . . . sobre averiguas el estado de las partes intestinales, y liquidos, que se extraheron del cuerpo difunto del . . . Escalona, y Calatayud." "This strange work contains much curious matter relative to the various modes of embalming"--Sabin 22837. Medina, Mexico 3764; Palau 81077. None sold at auction since 1967.