Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 476

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--PUEBLA.) [Victoria, Paulo de; et al.] Alegaciones en favor del clero, estado eclesiastico, i secular, españoles, e indios del Obispado de la Puebla de los Angeles. 274, [16] leaves. folio, contemporary vellum, minor wear; lacking free endpapers, with a few early manuscript notes, minor worming to early leaves, minimal dampstaining; marcas de fuego of the Convento de San Agustín de Puebla on top and bottom edges (BJML 1005 and 1029). [Puebla?], circa 1645

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Relates to the controversy between the Jesuits and Bishop Juan de Palafox y Mendoza of Puebla. The text closes with a Puebla dateline of 12 September 1644, but the text mentions events of 1645 on leaves 5, 11 and elsewhere. Medina BHA 8384; Palau 6539 ("pieza rara"); Sabin 99441.