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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 of the rules and regulations for burying the dead in the Archdiocese of Mexico. The rules for the Christian way of burial were not well observed by the local population. The rules of Christian burial were not well observed by the local population and this prompted the Archbishop of Mexico to commission his cousin the Inquisitor to write the current work. Author Isidoro Sainz de Alfaro y Beaumont was Inquisidor and the cousin of Archbishop And Viceroy Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont. To make his point, he cites examples from the Old Testament that emphasize the… Read More

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 [= Paula de Benavides], 1657.
4°. [8], 85 [i.e. 95], [1] ll. ℗3, A3-C3, D2-I2, K2-N2, O2-T2, V2, X2
With a woodcut coat-of-arms and very attractive woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces.
Later quarter calf with marbled sides, gold-tooled spine.
Mexican biography of St. Thomas of Villanova (1488-1555), Augustinian ascetic, Archbishop of Valencia, after who Villanova University (Pennsylvania) was named. He seems never to have visited America but sent friars of his order to evangelise in Mexico in 1533. He is stated as a saint on the title page, a year in advance of his actual canonization. Author… Read More

Aphra Behn's masterpiece in a rarely seen edition


Aphra Behn (1640-1689); Pierre-Antoine de La Place (1707-1793) [transl.].
Oronoko imité de l'Anglois. Nouvelle edition, revuë & corrigée […].
Paris, Sebastien Jorry, 1756.
2 parts in 1 vol. 12°. XVI, 112, [4], 188, [4] pp. = complete with the Approbation and advertisement leaves at the end (not called for in bibliographies and library records).
Contemporary quarter calf, marbled sides, title label.
Very rare and interesting third edition of the first French translation of Aphra Behn's masterpiece Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave (London, 1688). This famous female author's novel presents a black person as sympathetic for the first time in Western literature and strongly denounces the cruelties of slavery. It is about an African prince who is tricked into slavery and sold to European planters in Surinam, ending in rebellion and execution. It also includes a description of Surinam and its inhabitants. Author Aphra Behn is considered the true first… Read More