(MEXICAN IMPRINT PUEBLA) [Juan Benito Díaz de Gamarra] Erro

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--PUEBLA.) [Juan Benito Díaz de Gamarra.] Errores del entendimiento humano, written under the pseudonym Juan de Bendiaga. [8], vi, 258 pages. 12mo, contemporary vellum, minor wear; minimal wear and foxing to contents. Puebla: Seminario Palifoxiano, 1781

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First edition of an important work by a modernizing Franciscan philosopher from Michoacán. "A critique of scholastic philosophy written in Spanish for a popular audience . . . devoted to questions of human wisdom, the tenets of modern thinking, simply stated"--Cambridge History of Latin American Literature, pages 345-346. It also recommends cold baths and denounces corsets as unhealthful. Medina, Puebla 1044; Palau 72490. None traced at auction.