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Federal Gazette & Philadelphia Evening Post, Wednesday, 18th
February, 1789. Philadelphia: Andrew Brown, 1789. 4to (28.4 cm, 11.2"). [4] pp.
$300.00
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No. CXXI of this daily newspaper, of interest not only for its
general content but for the numerous advertisements, which include a proposal
for
the
first American printing of a Catholic Bible (Carey's “Doway
Translation”), a notice of a runaway apprentice boy (18 years old), and
the hopeful posting of “A young married Woman, with a good breast of milk”
who would like to take a child to nurse.
Also reported/canvassed are hot religious disputes at the University of
Pennsylvania and “Carlisle” (Dickinson), with reference to (literal)
iconoclasm at Cambridge colleges under the Protectorate ; a double execution
in New-York; and minutes of the General Assembly (including a petition from
residents of Germantown protesting “enormous” taxes, “an
act to prevent the importation of convicts within this common wealth,”
and several items having to do with insolvent debtors.
Unbound, as issued; edges tattered, pages creased, age-toned
and foxed, with tears along one fold and scattered small holes, with loss
of a few letters or words not affecting general sense. Two pages with large,
early inked notations over text. (24658)

A
Capuchin
on the Trinity, with
Some
POETRY
as Well
Feliciano de Sevilla. El sol increado dios trino y uno, y
la grande excelencia de su culto y devocion. Reimpreso en Mexico: por D. Felipe de Zúñiga y
Ontiveros, 1790. 4to (20.5 cm; 8.25"). [10] ff., 464 pp.
$775.00
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Originally published in 1702 and here in its first Mexican edition, this work on
God and the Trinity is from the pen of a Capuchin from Seville — hence his religious name. He
served as a missionary in Andalucia and, despite assertions by one university cataloguer that are
copied by several others, he never was a missionary in Mexico.The volume ends with a “Corona Florida a la Santisima Trinidad,” being a small literary
collection of coplas, canciones, and a romance “en Metafora del Sol, que discurre por los doce
signos del Zodiaco.”
Binding: Publisher's mottled sheep, gilt spine extra. Marbled endpapers; all edges red.
Medina, Mexico, 8016. Binding lightly worn. A few gatherings starting to extrude. A very good, clean copy. (26851)

A Must for
Visitors to AMAZONIA
Figueira, Luis. Arte da grammatica da lingua do Brasil. Lisboa: Na Officina Patriarcal, 1795. Small 4to (20.5 cm; 8"). [2] ff., 103, [1 (blank)] pp.
$1875.00
Figueira (1573–1643), a Jesuit missionary in the Pará and Marañón regions of the Amazon, saw his grammar of the Tupí Guaraní language of the Brazilian natives published for the first time in 1621, with subsequent editions all being posthumous (1681, 1687, 1754, and 1795). This fifth edition (incorrectly labelled “quarta impressaõ” on the title-page) was edited by José Mariano da Conceição Velloso (1742–1811). The 1754 edition seems to have been suppressed in the wake of the 1759 expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal and its empire.
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Sabin 24313; DeBacker-Sommervogel, III, 721; Viñaza 389; Valle Cabral 6; Rodrigues 1002; Ayrosa 202, Borba de Moraes (rev. ed.), I, 409. Publisher's “wallpaper” wrappers.
Fine, crisp copy. (26520)

One for
Franciscan Novices
Franciscans. Cartilla, y doctrina espiritual, para la crianza, y educacion de los novicios, que tomaren el habito de la orden de n.p. S. Francisco. Mexico: Imp. de D. Felipe de Zuñiga y Ontiveros, 1775. 12mo (14.7 cm; 5.75"). [3] ff., 118 pp.
$950.00
Second edition of this primer based on the doctrines of St. Bonaventure, but adapted to the practices of the Franciscan Order — here specifically set forth for novices. The first edition appeared in Mexico in 1721.
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A scarce work, having been printed in a limited number of copies for the very limited-sized audience of Franciscan novices.
Medina, Mexico, 5761. Contemporary limp vellum. Very clean and crisp. A truly excellent copy. (22204)
Franciscans.
Satisfacion [sic] por la religion de S. Francisco al manifiesto
que se ha publicado, ocultando su nombre el autor. [Madrid, ca. 1671?]. 30, [1
(blank)] ff.
$500.00

Uncommon document concerning an anonymous “manifiesto”
attacking the Franciscans and their stand vis-a-vis independence of royal authority
in Spain and the Americas.
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Not in Palau; not in Medina, BHA. Removed from a nonce
volume. Title-page with shadow of pencilled numeral in upper margin; one leaf
with institutional pressure stamp. Most leaves with old damage to outer margins,
repaired of old in most instances, with loss of some words or letters from
a number of shouldernotes; a few instances of early inked bracketing.
This
appears in the HISPANIC
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Surprising Content — Capuchins in Tibet
Surprising Frontispiece — Uncalled for, Signed, & Au Sanguine
Francisco, de Ajofrín, fray. Carta familiar de un sacerdote, respuesta a un colegial amigo suyo, en que le dà cuenta de la admirable conquista espiritual del vasto imperio del gran Thibèt, y la mission que los padres Capuchinos tienen alli, con sus singulares progressos hasta el present. Dase tambien una noticia succinta de la fundacion de esta penitente seraphica familia; de los santos que la ilustran, cardenales, arzobispos; de su observancia, y austeridad, missiones que tiene en todo orbe, provincias, conventos, y religiosos en que se halla propagada, con orras noticias historico-eclesiasticas. Mexico: En la imprenta de la Bibliotheca Mexicana , 1765. Small 4to. Frontis., [2] ff., 48 pp.
$6500.00
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A remarkable book, demonstrating how small the world had already become in the 18th century. Mexico in 1765 seems an unlikely place for a discussion of Tibetan missions, but here is an elaborate report on the Capuchin missions in Tibet, published half way around the world in Mexico. It is possible that these reports came across the Pacific, or equally, that they came via Europe. In any case, a most exotic combination of topic and imprint.
A special issue copy: Present here is an uncalled-for frontispiece. It is of four Capuchin martyrs, is signed by the artist Navarro, is engraved on copper, and is printed au sanguine -- the color reserved for only the most special copies of 18th-century books. This frontispiece is not called for by Medina
and is not present in any of the copies reported as held in the U.S.
Medina, Mexico, 4991; Palau 45600; Sabin 11098; Maggs, Bibliotheca Asiatica, 611. Full antique calf, spine gilt, leather label. Slight worming to late leaves, repaired with tape in an inoffensive fashion. Quite a good copy. (12725)
François de Sales, St. Verdaderos entretenimientos del glorioso señor San Francisco de Sales.... Madrid: Por Andres Ortega a costa de Bartholome Ulloa, 1768. 4to (20.8 cm, 8.125"). [14] ff., 350 pp., [1 (blank)] f.
$500.00

Here translated into Spanish by Francisco de Cubillas Donyague, the Spiritual Conferences of St. Francis de Sales (1567–1622), bishop of Geneva, were written as addresses to the Sisters of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin, an order founded by St. Jane Frances de Chantal with his assistance. They cover the virtues to be practiced in the religious life and have been valued by both laity and religious for their common sense, sensitivity, and insight. Also included in this edition are an essay on preaching well, a funeral sermon, and a few shorter works by the saint. The first Spanish edition was issued in 1667. This edition is rare, only one copy being traced via NUC Pre-1956, OCLC, and RLIN.
Palau 290780. Recent quarter red morocco over red cloth, spine gilt extra, red marbled endpapers, and top edge red. Clean, attractive interior.
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