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LEÓN PINELO, ANTONIO. Question Moral: Si el Chocolate quebranta el ayuno Eclesiástico.Tratase de otras bebidas i confecciones que usan en varias Provincias. [6], 122, [12] leaves, including engraved title. 4to, 199x143 mm, early 19th-century 1/4 morocco; varying toning or browning. Mexican Jesuit ownership inscription on title; unidentified branded ownership mark on top edges. Madrid: widow of Juan González, 1636
first edition of one of the earliest European publications on chocolate, addressing the permissibility of drinking it during religious fasts. The book includes a discussion of its New World origin and introduction into Europe, and a survey of beverages consumed in the Americas. Léon Pinelo (d. 1660) was a native of Peru known as the compiler of the first bibliography of voyages and travels. Alden 636/42; Arents 202; Palau 135746; Simón Palmer 509.
