WORLDWIDE CATHOLICA
WORLDWIDE CATHOLICA
Sheriff's Sales, Foreign Intelligence, a Wet Nurse & Other Ads 
The Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Evening Post, Wednesday, 18th February, 1789. Philadelphia: Andrew Brown, 1789. 4to (28.4 cm, 11.2"). [4] pp.
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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)
Jesuit Born in FLORIDA
Virgin of GuadalupeFlorencia, Francisco de. La estrella del norte de Mexico, aparecida al rayar el dia de la luz evangelica en este Nuevo Mundo, en la cumbre del cerro de Tepeyac, orilla del mar Tezcucano. Barcelona: en la imprenta de Antonio Velazquez, 1741. 4to. [4 of 10] ff., 260, [2] ff. (lacking title and 5 leaves of preliminary matter).
Click the interior images for enlargements. In addition to recounting the Juan Diego story, Florencia examines the reliability of published accounts relating to the Virgin, discusses alleged later appearances, epitomizes the character of Juan Diego, and canvasses many other aspects of the Guadalupe legend. He also proposes the context for a novena in her honor.
• European Americana 741/85; Palau 92342 (the reported 1714 edition is a ghost, there having been a typographical error of 1714 for 1741 in the Robredo catalogue); DeBacker-Sommervogel, III, 796–97; Sabin 24807; Grajales & Burrus 141 (erroneously giving place of printing as Mexico!). Contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties; text block loose in binding. Lacking title-page but a copy of the 1785 title-supplied instead; title tattered, soiled and loose. Lacks also the first five preliminary leaves, and a heavily dog-eared copy. Some old pen trials here and there in blank areas. Definitely one for a“busted bibliophile.” (24393)
One forFranciscan 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.
Click the images for enlargements. 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)
Were?
the Franciscans Getting
Too
Uppity?
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.
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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.
Surprising Content — Capuchins in TibetFrancisco, 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.
Click the images for enlargements. 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)
Spanish Edition of the Spiritual Conferences in a Handsome BindingFrançois 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. 
• 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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