(TEXAS) Vilaplana Hermenegildo de Vida portentosa del americ

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(TEXAS.) Vilaplana, Hermenegildo de. Vida portentosa del americano septentrional apostol, el V. P. Fr. Antonio Margil de Jesus. [34], 336 pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; lacking the portrait plate, restoration to title page including a filled 4 x 2-inch section with several words in manuscript facsimile, worming mostly in lower margin, tracks filled on several leaves, top margins filled on last 4 leaves, final leaf worn and remounted; title page in red and black; early inked ownership marks on top edge and fore-edge. Mexico: Bibliotheca Mexicana, 1763

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first edition. A life of the Franciscan missionary Antonio Margil, who founded several pioneering missions in Texas from 1716 to 1721, most notably San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission in San Antonio. The Texas adventures are here recounted on pages 149-163. He also played an important role in Guatemala. Howes V98 ("c"); Medina, Mexico 4862; Palau 365780; Sabin 99614; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 142. Only one other copy known at auction since 1967.