Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 484

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(PUEBLA?--1650.) [Roxas, Alonso de.] Al Rey Nuestro Señor . . . en satisfacion de un libro de el visitador Obispo D. Juan de Palafox. 278 pages plus final blank. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; minor dampstaining. [Puebla or México, circa 1650]
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first edition of a work on the ecclesiastical disputes which roiled New Spain in the 1640s, centered around Bishop Palafox. "Publicado en nombre de el Dean y Cabildo de su Iglesia Catedral de la Puebla de Los Angeles." Medina, BHA 6837; Palau 4329 and 209627; Sabin 73620. None known at auction since 1965.