Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 479

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--PUEBLA.) Letona, Bartholomé de. Perfecta religiosa, contiene tres libros. [64], 390, [14] pages (erratically paginated). 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear and staining; moderate worming, minor foxing, dampstain in upper corner of about 100 interior pages; marcas de fuego of the Franciscan Convento de San Gabriel de Tacuba de México on top and bottom edges, and their inscription on front free endpaper. Puebla: Viuda de Juan de Borja, 1662

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A life of Mother Jerónima de la Asunción, who founded the first Catholic monastery in Manila in 1621. The book also includes some of her works. Medina, Puebla 59; Palau 136757; Sabin 40250.