Apr 07, 2022 - Sale 2600

Sale 2600 - Lot 334

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(PERU.) Pedro de Perea. Copia de la carta que el Obispo de Arequipa . . . provando la certeza que tiene, el aver sido la Virgen concebida sin pecado original. [47], 259, [36] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; lacking front free endpaper, minor foxing and minimal dampstaining; includes a colophon leaf not called for in Medina or Palau; marca de fuego on top edge, and early inscription on title page. Lima: Jerónimo de Contreras, 1629

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A theological work by the Bishop of Arequipa, and an early production from the press of Jerónimo de Contreras, whose family was a major force in Lima printing from 1621 through 1779 . Medina, Lima 137 (citing only the Biblioteca Medina copy); Palau 218288; Sabin 60877 ("a work of the greatest rarity"). 4 copies in OCLC.