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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(MEXICO--1746.) Escobar, Mathias de. Voces de Triton Sonoro, que da desde la Santa Iglesia de Valladolid de Mechoacan. [94], 206, 107-110, [35] pages. 4to, disbound, loose in an early vellum binding from a slightly smaller book; one inch excised from title page, restored including 5 letters, lacking leaves Dd2-3 (page 211 and blank), blank bottom half of final page also restored. Mexico: Hogal, 1746
Concerns the remains of Juan José Escalona y Calatayud, Bishop of Caracas and Michoacán, which were exhumed seven years after his death and found to be in a miraculous state of freshness; examination under a microscope found cinnamon and rosemary. See Will de Chaparro, "Death and Dying in New Mexico," page 108. "This strange work contains much curious matter relative to the various modes of embalming"--Sabin 22837. Medina, Mexico 3764; Palau 81077. None known at auction since 1967.
