Sep 24, 2020 - Sale 2546

Sale 2546 - Lot 314

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1765.) Orbis non capiat . . . S. Francisci Xaverii. Illustrated broadside, 22 x 16 inches, on 2 conjoined sheets; folds, minor foxing and wear including a bit of loss along the top horizontal fold; addressed on verso to Valladolid (without postal markings). Mexico: Colegio de San Ildefonso, 1765

Additional Details

An elaborate printed invitation to the thesis defense of Vicente Ángel González Ortega de León, a student at the College of San Ildefonso in México City. It is illustrated with an inset portrait of Francis Xavier by the engraver Baltasar Troncoso, as well as an elaborate border. None traced in OCLC or Medina, Mexico.