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(MEXICO--1762.) Díaz de Arce, Juan. Libro de la vida del proximo evangelico, el vener. Padre Bernardino Alvarez. 2 (of 3) plates. [12], 464, [7] pages. 4to, later 1/4 morocco, moderate wear; slip of paper covering one line on first preliminary page, minor foxing, moderate worming toward rear. México: Christóbal y Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, 1762
Second edition. Life of the 16th-century founder of the first psychiatric hospital in the Americas. Medina, México 4775; Palau 72257. None of either edition known at auction since 1947. Bound with a related Spanish imprint: Regla de San Augustin Obispo. Third edition, 170, [2], 19 pages. Engraved title page, plus second title page reading "Actas hechas por la religion de N. Padre San Juan de Dios"; final leaf lacking blank lower corner. Palau 254033. [Madrid, 1733].
