Sep 17, 2009 - Sale 2186

Sale 2186 - Lot 373

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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(PERUVIAN IMPRINT.) Gregory XV, Pope. Beatificatio Servi Dei Fratris Petri de Alcantara Ordinis Minorum Regularis. Letterpress broadside, 17 x 12; marginal worming touching four words of text, unevenly trimmed, minor edge wear, contemporary docketing on verso. Lima: Geronymo de Contreras, 1623
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Saint Peter of Alcantara, beatified by this proclamation, was a Spanish Franciscan who died in 1562. Although he never ventured to the New World, he was later named a patron saint of Brazil. Medina, Lima 106 lists one copy; none in WorldCat.