Sep 29, 2022 - Sale 2615

Sale 2615 - Lot 366

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--PUEBLA.) Bartholomé de Letona. Perfecta religiosa, contiene tres libros. [64], 389, [14] pages (erratically paginated). 4to, contemporary calf, moderate wear and worming; title page and final leaf defective with partial loss of imprint and laid down, minor foxing, minor worming; edges tinted yellow; early monastic inscriptions on verso of title page and page 102. [Puebla: viuda de Juan de] Borja, [1662]

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A life of Mother Jerónima de la Asunción, who founded the first Catholic monastery in Manila in 1621. The book also includes some of her works. Chocolate is discussed on pages 339-342. Medina, Puebla 59; Palau 136757; Sabin 40250.