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(MEXICO.) Paredes, Ignacio de. Promptuario Manual Mexicano.

Engraved frontispiece. Small 4to, later 1/ 4 calf, a bit worn; minor staining to the title, frontispiece trimmed with minor loss to the caption, lacks the front free endpaper. Mexico, 1759

  • Notes: An important work of sermons entirely in Nahuatl or other Mexican dialects (with the exception of the title and preliminaries), intended for use by priests in teaching natives. It includes a sermon recounting the story of the Virgin of Guadalupe. This copy with the scarce frontispiece depicting Ignacio de Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. Sabin 58575; Palau 212739; Pilling 2892.

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