[Rarebooks] FS: Rare Lima imprint. 1773 catechism in Spanish and Quechua

[Kenneth Karmiole]

TERCERO CATECHISMO, y Exposicion de la Doctrina Christiana por Sermones, Paraque Los Curas y Otras Ministeros... Ensenen a los Indias... Conforme a lo que se Proveyo en el Santo Concilio Provincial de Lima el Ano Pasado de 1583. Mandado Reimprimir... del Ano de 1773. (Lima): En la Officina De La Calle de San Jacinto. 1773. Sm. 4to. (22),515,(1)pp. Text in Spanish and Quechua. With a number of ornamental woodcut tailpieces. Bound in 19th century calf over brown pebbled cloth, ornately gilt spine. Title page backed and somewhat soiled. The second leaf with a paper repair at the fore-edge (no text loss), otherwise a very good copy.                $2,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The second edition of one of the first books printed in South America (1585). A catechism in Spanish and Quechua for use by missionaries. Medina LIMA #1356. Palau 330312.

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