Sep 29, 2022 - Sale 2615

Sale 2615 - Lot 362

Price Realized: $ 4,000
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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(MEXICAN IMPRINTS--1779.) Group of 3 medical tracts. 4to or 8vo, later stiff vellum; minimal wear. Mexico, 1779-1782
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José Flores. "Especifico nuevamente descubierto en el Reyno de Goatemala, para la curacion radical del horrible mal de cancro." [4], 15 pages. Small 4to, contemporary plain wrappers, minor wear, stained on rear wrapper; minimal worming, minor foxing. First published in Guatemala the preceding year. "Flores recounts how an Indian remedy of a diet of raw newts cured a Guatemalan citizen of cancer"--Wellcome, Medical Americana M.56. Guerra, Medica Mexicana 433; Medina, Mexico 7310; Palau 92485. Mexico: Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, 1782.

José Ignacio Bartolache. "Instruccion que puede servir para que se cure á los enfermos de las viruelas epidémicas." [8] pages, partly unopened. A tract on smallpox; 3 in OCLC. Guerra, Medica Mexicana 426; Medina, Mexico 7049; Palau 25093. Mexico: Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, [1779].

José Vicente Garcia de la Vega. "Discurso critico que sobre el uso de las lagartijas, como especifico contra muchas enfermedades." [8], 28 pages. discusses the medical uses of small lizards. 4 in OCLC. Guerra, Medica Mexicana 434; Medina, Mexico 7311; not in Palau. Mexico: Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, 1782.