Apr 13, 2023 - Sale 2633

Sale 2633 - Lot 214

Price Realized: $ 1,062
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MEXICAN IMPRINTS--1713.) Group of 4 18th-century Mexican imprints. 4 volumes, 4to, early vellum or 1/4 calf; condition varies. Mexico, 1713-1769
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Manuel Perez. "Farol indiano, y guia de curas de indios." [48], 192, [3] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minimal wear; minimal worming in outer margin; edges tinted red; early owner's stamp on title page and page 1. A popular guide to Mexican parish service. Usually found bound with "Arte de el idioma mexicano" by the same author, but the present copy stands alone. Medina, Mexico 2370; Palau 219404. Mexico: Francisco de Ribera Calderon, 1713

Pedro de Alcántara Fernández. "Manual arreglado al ritual romano . . . de la mexicana provincia de San Diego." [24], 164 pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, moderate wear; lacking free endpapers, intermittent dampstaining and light soiling. A manual for the Discalced Franciscans of Mexico. San Diego was the order's designation, unrelated to the city in California. Medina, Mexico 3891; Palau 87952. Mexico: María de Ribera, 1748.

"Regla y constituciones de la Sagrada Religion Bethlemitica." Plate by Troncoso. [6], 90 pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear, detached from text block; minor foxing, lacking the initial blank called for by Sabin. A work on the Bethlehemites, an order founded in Guatemala in 1653. "An important work on the church history of New Spain"--Sabin 68845. Medina, Mexico 4060; Palau 25413. Mexico: viuda de Joseph Bernardo Hogal, 1751.

José Manuel Rodriguez. "Vida prodigiosa del V. siervo de Dios Fray Sebastian de Aparicio." Portrait plate by Casanova. [32], 234, [8] pages. 4to, later 1/4 calf, minor wear, small label on backstrip; rear hinge split, minimal wear to contents; small bookplate of bibliographer José Maria Andrade on front pastedown. A life of the notable 16th-century Franciscan friar in Mexico. Medina, Mexico 5312 (does not call for a plate); Palau 272984; Sabin 72520. Provenance: List & Franke's 1869 Andrade catalog, lot 2829. Mexico: Felipe de Zuñíga y Ontiveros, 1769.