Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 330

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(MEXICO--PUEBLA IMPRINT.) Letona, Bartholome de. Perfecta religiosa, contiene tres libros. [64], 390, [14] pages (erratically paginated). 4to, contemporary vellum, moderate wear; edges tinted red, bottom margins crudely trimmed on 47 leaves with loss of text on a few pages (mainly the index), a few marginal repairs, minor worming; duplicate untrimmed copy of the 7 index leaves laid in. Puebla: Borja, 1662

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A life of Mother Jerónima de la Asunción, who founded the first Catholic monastery in Manila in 1621. The book also includes some of her works. Medina, Puebla 59; Palau 136757; Sabin 40250. None known at auction since 1986.