Mar 10, 2020 - Sale 2533

Sale 2533 - Lot 310

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1758.) Ripalda, Geronimo de. Catecismo mexicano. Armorial engraving on verso of second title page. [32], 170, [2] pages. 12mo, later 1/4 calf, minimal wear; lacking the engraved frontispiece of St. Francis Xavier, tightly trimmed with loss of a few catchwords, otherwise minimal wear to contents; ownership tag of J.M. Andrade on front pastedown. Mexico: Bibliotheca Mexicana, 1758

Additional Details

The second title page and most of the text are in Nahuatl. Translated by Ignacio de Paredes. Medina, Mexico 4500; Palau 269110; Pilling 2891; Sabin 71488.