Sep 28, 2023 - Sale 2646

Sale 2646 - Lot 325

Price Realized: $ 5,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1801.) Vida de San Felipe de Jesus, protomartir del Japon, y patron de su patria Mexico. 30 (of 31) hand-colored plates, including engraved title page. 4to, later mottled gilt calf, moderate wear; lacking pastedowns. finger-soiling, moderate wear to a few plates; later owner's tag on verso of title page. Mexico, 1801
Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

First edition. A lavishly illustrated life of San Felipe de Jesús (1572-1597), who was martyred in Japan and became the first Mexican-born saint, as well as the patron saint of Mexico City. Consists entirely of engraved scenes from Felipe's life, one of the earliest entirely illustrated books issued in Mexico. Some or all of the plates are by the important Mexican illustrator José María Montes de Oca. Palau 363045; Sabin 76029.