(MEXICAN IMPRINTS 1776) Collection of 22 novenas bound in o

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(MEXICAN IMPRINTS--1776.) Collection of 22 novenas bound in one volume. Most with woodcut frontispieces or illustrations. 22 volumes in one. 16mo (4 x 3 inches and 2 inches thick), contemporary vellum, moderate wear; minor wear to contents, lacking free endpapers; early signature crossed out on first title page, manuscript table of contents on rear pastedown. Mexico, 1776-1804

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A treasury of small Mexican religious tracts. We find only 10 of these editions in Medina's Mexico. Most of the others are unrecorded later editions of earlier works. Two of them appear to be otherwise unrecorded titles, not found in Medina, OCLC, Palau, or elsewhere: Devocion diaria en honor de los siete singularisimos. [16] pages. Mexico: Joseph de Juaregui, 1794 and the oldest title in the volume, Novena de el glorioso apostol San Judas Thadeo. [28] pages. Mexico: Joseph Juaregui, 1776--though this is stated to be a reprint of an earlier novena. Medina, Mexico 8510, 7777, 8390, 5882, 8318, 9550, 6014, 9710, 7947, 8623 and not listed. Complete list available upon request.