Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 450

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1642.) Palafox y Mendoza, Juan de. Varon de desseos, en que se declaran las tres vias de la vida espiritual. [39 of 40], 97, [9], 90, [9], 113 leaves. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; waste-paper endpapers, lacking front free endpaper, lacking half-title, moderate worming, minor dampstaining toward the rear; early convent ownership inscription on title page. Mexico: Francisco Robledo, 1642

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first edition. One of the most important theological works by the influential Bishop of Puebla. He strove to write in the pithy and repetitive style of the early church fathers, encouraging his readers toward refinement along the three paths of spiritual life: purgative, illuminative, and unitive. Medina, Mexico II:563; Palau 209614.