Nov 21 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2687 -

Sale 2687 - Lot 286

Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1766.) Juan Joseph Moreno. Fragmentos de la vida, y virtudes del . . . Vasco de Quiroga. Portrait plate. [26], 202, [4], 29, [1] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; worming, early repairs; private collectors' inked stamps and bookplates on endpapers and page 150. Mexico: Colegio de San Ildefonso, 1766

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First edition. A life of Vasco de Quiroga, the first bishop of Michoacan from 1536 until his death in 1565, whose influence still continues in the area. With an appendix of his most important work, "Reglas y Ordenanzas para el gobierno de los Hospitales de Santa Fe de Mexico." Medina, Mexico 5099; Palau 181902; Sabin 50611.