[Rarebooks] FS: Early study of the Virgin of Guadelupe w/3 eng. plates. Mexico: 1790

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MEXICO) Bartolache, Joseph Ignacio. MANIFIESTO SATISFACTORIO ANUNCIADO EN LA GAZETA DE MEXICO (Tom. I. Num. 53.). Opusculo Guadalupano Compuesto. Mexico: Impreso con licencia de los Superiores, por D. Felipe de Zuniga y Antiveros. 1790. Sm. 4to. (14),105;16,(12)pp. Plus 3 copper engraved plates, including 2 of the Virgin of Guadelupe. Woodcut device on title page. Orig. mottled calf, gilt tooled spine, with spine label. A very small wormhole goes through the text from cover to cover, touching many single letters but not affecting the readability.    $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
This treatise by Bartolache (1739-1790) is possibly the first historiographical study of the Virgin of Quadelupe. The final 12 pages are an alphabetical list of subscribers. Palau 25095.

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