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Indigenous burial rites prohibited Isidoro Sainz de Alfaro y Beaumont; Pedro Ocón. Circular, que dirige el Senor Gobernador de la Sagrada Mitra á los Parrocos, Eclesiasticos y Fieles Cristianos del Arzobispado de Mexico, sobre Ereccion de Cementerios fuera de las Poblaciones. México City, Oficina de Doña María Fernández de Jaúregui, 1809. 8°. [2], 36 pp. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. First and only edition of an explanation… Read more about this item

Rare Paula de Benavides imprint, from library of José Maria Andrade Estevan García. El maximo limosnero, mayor padre de pobres, grande arçobispo de Valencia, provincial de la Andaluzia, Castilla, y Nueva-España, de la orden de San Augustin, s. Thomas de Villanueva [...] Ofrecela al excell.mo señor don Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva, duqve de Alburquerque […]. Mexico City, viuda de Bernardo Calderon [=… Read more about this item

Unrecorded Dutch anti-Catholic treatise, with prominent Utrecht provenance François [de la Salle] Monginot (1569-1637); Daniel Costerus (1620(?)-1646) [translator]. Ontbindinge der twijffelingen ofte corte en clare verhandelinge van de voornaemste verschillen tusschen de Gereformeerde ende de Roomsche Kercke […]. Utrecht, Amelis Janssz van Paddenburgh, 1631. 8°. [34], 83, [3] pp. A-G8, H4. Contemporary vellum. Rare (not in STCN) first and only Dutch edition of a… Read more about this item

With all folding maps finely handcoloured Biblia, dat is de gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de canonijcke boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments. Dordrecht, (colophon: printed by) H. and J. Keur and Amsterdam, M. Doornick in compagnie, 1686. Elephant folio. [20], 302, [2] 134, [11], 164, [2], 66 ff. With 6 folding handcoloured engraved plates (complete) and an engraved title-page. Contemporary blind-tooled calf… Read more about this item

Controversial manuscript on the expulsion of Jesuits from South America ["Ministro di Stato" (= Bernardo Tanucci (1698-1783)?]. Notizie Anecdote. Italy (Naples?), 1759. 4°, 8 pp. Manuscript in black ink in a notarial hand on 18th century paper. Ruthlessly anti-Jesuit manuscript, possibly by Bernardo Tanucci: prime minister of Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The text summarizes the events involving the Jesuits in the years 1755-1759, from… Read more about this item