Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 472

Price Realized: $ 4,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
MEDICAL BROADSIDE PRINTED ON SILK (MEXICAN IMPRINT--1771.) Salutis medicus occiduo hic potissumum orbi. Illustrated letterpress broadside, 22 3/4 x 23 inches, printed on silk; minor wear, a few small holes, the largest 1/2 inch, additional 4 1/2 x 2 3/4-inch emblem sewn to center of the piece. Mexico: Juaregui, 1771
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Issued in honor of the medical school thesis of José García y Arrieta, and dedicated to the memory of the influential bishop Juan de Palafox y Mendoza. Another example found at the Mexican National Archives is illustrated in Antonio Rubial García's 2015 book "La santidad controvertida," but with a portrait of Palafox where the overlaid urn emblem is found here. None in OCLC, none traced in Medina or at auction.