Sale 2488 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 16, 2018

271 c   SAN JOSÉ, FRANCISCO DE. Arte y Reglas de la Lengua Tagala. [52], 785, [88] pages; lacks 3K1 (pages 441-42). Printed on Asian paper. 8vo, 149x97 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine title in ink, lacking ties; contents toned, hole in blank outer margin of title, portion of next leaf torn out and restored with text loss, holes in last leaf repaired affecting a few words. Branded ownership mark of the Convento de Santa Bárbara (or de San Antonio?) de Puebla (cf. CCMF/BF-12057) on top and bottom edges. Manila: Colegio y Universidad de S.Thomas por Ger. Corr. de Castro, 1752 [800/1,200] Tagalog grammar first published in 1610.Medina/Manila 238; Palau 292357; StreitV, 340 note. OCLC locates copies in Munich and Santiago de Chile; this edition not in CCPBE, Filipiniana Materials in the National Library (1972), or Union Catalog of Philippine Materials (1970-76). 272 c   SANCHO HERNANDO, BASILIOTOMÁS,Archbishop of Manila. Bound volume containing 5 publications relating to the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Philippines. Printed on Asian paper. Folio, 284x198 mm, contemporary limp vellum with remnants of thong ties; contents generally clean. first editions . Manila, 1768-70 [1,000/2,000] Exemplares de Carta que el Ill[ustrissim]o . . . D. Basilio Sancho de Santa Justa y Rufina Arzobispo de Manila, Metropolitano de las Islas Philipinas escrivio al . . . Governador y Capitan General de las mismas, Mariscal de Campo D. Ioseph Raon [etc.]. Engraved frontispiece depicting King Carlos III of Spain. [2] (of [4]), 16, 6, [2], 100 pages; lacks leaf after title with prefatory note. Upper outer corner torn off M1-N1 with text loss. (1770.) Medina/Manila 286; Palau 296834. Representacion al Rey . . . D. Carlos III . . . en la qual, trayendose a examen los principales fundamentos, en que se apoyan los Regulares Parrochos de Philipinas, para eximirse de la jurisdiccion de los Ordinarios de ellas, y de su visita, en quanto à lo que es meramente la cura de almas, se demuestra claramente ser nulos y falsos [etc.]. [1], 39 leaves. Blank upper outer corner torn off A1. 1768. Medina/Manila 278; Palau 296831. Memorial al Rey Nuestro Señor D. Carlos III . . . hecho con el motivo de los disturbios que han intentado mover algunos Regulares de Philipinas, mal afectos a la jurisdiccion Episcopal, procurando medios y modos de desacreditar al Señor Arzobispo y Clerecia de Manila [etc.]. [1], 12 leaves. 1768. Medina/Manila 279; Palau 296832. Sanctissimo Domino Nostro Clementi XIII (Pontif. Opt. Max.) precatur sempiternam felicitatem Basilius Archiepiscopus Manilae. [1], 10 leaves. (1768.) Medina/Manila 280; Palau 296830. Señor. El año pasado de sesenta y ocho remiti a las reales manos de V. M.Testimonio de las Deposiciones, que de mi orden se recivieron sobre las discordias [etc.]. [8] leaves. (1769.) Palau 296834; not in Medina/ Manila or Manila Adiciones, Retana/Adiciones or Aparato, or Pérez-Güemes. 273 c   SEQUEIRA, LUIS DE, S. J.; and SIMÕES, JOÃO, S. J. Breve Relación sobre la Persecución de Nuestra Santa Fé en la Provincia de Kiamnan, y otras Provincias del Imperio de la China, IlustresVidas, y Gloriosas Muertes de losVV. PP.Antonio Joseph Henríquez, y Tristán de Atimis, de la Compañía de Jesús. Spanish translation by Juan de Velande. [3], 72 leaves. Printed on Asian paper. 4to, 197x141 mm, 19th-century vellum boards with leather lettering piece, covers warped; restoration in lower margin and outer corners of title and blank outer margin of several other leaves, scattered corrections in ink in contemporary hand. Manila: Imprenta de la Compañía de Jesús por D. Nicolás de la Cruz Bagay, 1751 [500/750] first edition in spanish of a report on the martyrdom of Jesuits in China, published the same year as the Lisbon original edition in Portuguese. Medina/Manila 236; Palau 309407; Streit VII, 3407.