Nov 17, 2016 - Sale 2432

Sale 2432 - Lot 351

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(MEXICO.) Volume of Inquisition edicts regarding confessions. 93 manuscript leaves. 4to, contemporary vellum, worn, lacking rear cover; foxing to first leaf, lacking almost all of leaf 93 and part of leaf 94, otherwise minor wear. Mexico, 18th century
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A manuscript of inquisition edicts regarding confessions issued circa 1712-16, and compiled here by the Carmelite Province of San Alberto in Mexico. The first lines read "De los edictos de la fee y confesonarios nuevamente promulgados por el Santo Tribunal de la Inq'n de Mexico y sus explicaciones autenticas dadas por los señores del mismo Santo Officio sacado." Contains a preamble and nine full edicts, some by in question-and-answer format by Carmelite father Antonio de la Anunciación of Cordoba.