Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 478

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--PUEBLA?) [Roxas, Alonso de.] Al Rey Nuestro Senor . . . en satisfacion de un libro de el visitador Obispo D. Juan de Palafox. 278 pages plus final blank. 4to, later stiff vellum, minor soiling, slightly bowed; early wastepaper flyleaf, minor dampstaining to early leaves, minor wear, minor worming. [Puebla or Mexico, circa 1650]

Additional Details

first edition of a work on the ecclesiastical disputes which roiled New Spain in the 1640s, centered around Bishop Palafox. "Publicado en nombre de el Dean y Cabildo de su Iglesia Catedral de la Puebla de Los Angeles." Medina, BHA 6837; Palau 4329 and 209627; Sabin 73620.