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A
Capuchin
on the Trinity with
Some
POETRY
as Well
Feliciano de Sevilla. El sol increado dios trino y uno, y
la grande excelencia de su culto y devocion. Reimpreso en Mexico: por D. Felipe de Zúñiga y
Ontiveros, 1790. 4to (20.5 cm; 8.25"). [10] ff., 464 pp.
$775.00
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Originally published in 1702 and here in its first Mexican edition, this work on
God and the Trinity is from the pen of a Capuchin from Seville — hence his religious name. He
served as a missionary in Andalucia and, despite assertions by one university cataloguer that are
copied by several others, he never was a missionary in Mexico.The volume ends with a “Corona Florida a la Santisima Trinidad,” being a small literary
collection of coplas, canciones, and a romance “en Metafora del Sol, que discurre por los doce
signos del Zodiaco.”
Binding: Publisher's mottled sheep, gilt spine extra. Marbled endpapers; all edges red.
Medina, Mexico, 8016. Binding lightly worn. A few gatherings starting to extrude. A very good, clean copy. (26851)

A Must for
Visitors to AMAZONIA
Figueira, Luis. Arte da grammatica da lingua do Brasil. Lisboa: Na Officina Patriarcal, 1795. Small 4to (20.5 cm; 8"). [2] ff., 103, [1 (blank)] pp.
$1875.00
Figueira (1573–1643), a Jesuit missionary in the Pará and Marañón regions of the Amazon, saw his grammar of the Tupí Guaraní language of the Brazilian natives published for the first time in 1621, with subsequent editions all being posthumous (1681, 1687, 1754, and 1795). This fifth edition (incorrectly labelled “quarta impressaõ” on the title-page) was edited by José Mariano da Conceição Velloso (1742–1811). The 1754 edition seems to have been suppressed in the wake of the 1759 expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal and its empire.
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Sabin 24313; DeBacker-Sommervogel, III, 721; Viñaza 389; Valle Cabral 6; Rodrigues 1002; Ayrosa 202, Borba de Moraes (rev. ed.), I, 409. Publisher's “wallpaper” wrappers.
Fine, crisp copy. (26520)

One for
Franciscan 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.
$950.00
Second edition of this primer based on the doctrines of St. Bonaventure, but adapted to the practices of the Franciscan Order — here specifically set forth for novices. The first edition appeared in Mexico in 1721.
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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)
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.
$500.00

Uncommon document concerning an anonymous “manifiesto”
attacking the Franciscans and their stand vis-a-vis independence of royal authority
in Spain and the Americas.
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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.
This
appears in the HISPANIC
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Surprising Content — Capuchins in Tibet
Surprising Frontispiece — Uncalled for, Signed, & Au Sanguine
Francisco, 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.
$6500.00
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A remarkable book, demonstrating how small the world had already become in the 18th century. Mexico in 1765 seems an unlikely place for a discussion of Tibetan missions, but here is an elaborate report on the Capuchin missions in Tibet, published half way around the world in Mexico. It is possible that these reports came across the Pacific, or equally, that they came via Europe. In any case, a most exotic combination of topic and imprint.
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)

The Minor Writings of St. Francis
Franciscus, Assisias,S. (i.e., St. Francis of Assisi). Francisci Assisiatis Opuscula: Nunc primum collecta, tribus tomis distincta, notis et commentariis asceticis illustrata, per Fr. Lucam Waddingum ... adiecta sunt, cum appendice opusculorum dubiorum, S.P. vita et elogia. Antverpiae: Ex officina Plantiniana apud Balthasarem Moretum et Viduam, Joannis Moreti, et Jo. Meursium, 1623. 4to (23.7 cm, 9.3"). lxiv, 614, [32 (index)] pp.
[SOLD]
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First edition of this important collection of minor works of St. Francis of Assisi (1182–1226), accompanied by various related materials and some spurious letters, sayings, etc. The volume was edited by Lucas Wadding, an Irish Franciscan remembered as one of the most influential historians of the order, and printed by Balthasar Moretus and Jan van Meurs, heirs to the famed Plantin press; it includes numerous dicta and fragments not found in previous Opuscula. The work opens with a copper-engraved title-page in an architectural and allegorical frame.
Provenance: No ownership marks confirm the attribution, but we recognize the hand of 19th-century scholar Dr. Johann August Neander (1789–1850), a convert from Judaism who became a leading scholar of Christian church history, as having set down the extensive (but cryptic) pencilled notes on this volume's rear fly-leaf.
Graesse 626. Period-style deep brown calf, covers framed in blind double fillets with additional blind roll along inner side; spine with gilt-stamped burgundy leather title-label, blind-tooled compartment decorations, and blind-tooled band decorations extending onto sides. Title-page with early inked inscriptions in upper margin and above publication line, outer margin reinforced, and small paper flaw; dedication page with outer margin darkened and chipped. Pages age-toned, some browned, with intermittent minor to moderate spotting; last few leaves with very light waterstaining to margins and small area of worming to lower outer corners. Unobtrusive traces of pencilled and chalked marks of emphasis; a few early inked annotations and inscriptions; back fly-leaf covered on verso with pencilled numerals and annotations; one page with small ink spatters. All edges red. A nicely printed volume now in a strong and handsome binding. (27506)
François 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.
$500.00

Here translated into Spanish by Francisco de Cubillas Donyague, the Spiritual Conferences of St. Francis de Sales (1567–1622), bishop of Geneva, were written as addresses to the Sisters of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin, an order founded by St. Jane Frances de Chantal with his assistance. They cover the virtues to be practiced in the religious life and have been valued by both laity and religious for their common sense, sensitivity, and insight. Also included in this edition are an essay on preaching well, a funeral sermon, and a few shorter works by the saint. The first Spanish edition was issued in 1667. This edition is rare, only one copy being traced via NUC Pre-1956, OCLC, and RLIN.
Palau 290780. Recent quarter red morocco over red cloth, spine gilt extra, red marbled endpapers, and top edge red. Clean, attractive interior.

HOW the Christians
“Lost All in Palestine”
Fuller, Thomas. The historie of the holy warre ... the second edition. Cambridge: Pr. by R. Daniel for Thomas Buck, 1640. Folio (27.7 cm, 10.9"). Add. engr. t.-p., [16], 286, [30] pp.; 1 fold. map.
$1275.00
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Second edition, following the first of the previous year: A very popular anti-Catholic (and anti-Jewish as well) account of the crusades, citing the cruel and impious behavior of popes and participants alike as reason for the failure of the conquest of the Holy Land. Fuller, chaplain extraordinary to Charles II, was one of the earliest English historians thus to analyze the crusades as a historical event.
The volume opens with an added engraved title-page and also features an oversized, folding map of the region, both signed by William Marshall. The preliminary “Declaration of the Frontispice [sic],” an explanation in verse of the title-page's symbolism, is signed by J.C., i.e., John Cleveland.
ESTC S121254; STC (2nd ed.) 11465; Allibone 643; Wither to Prior 387 (for the first edition, 1639). Period-style dark calf, covers framed and panelled in gilt and blind rolls with gilt-stamped corner fleurons, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label, gilt-ruled raised bands, and gilt-stamped compartment decorations. Title inked on outer (closed) edges in an early hand. “Declaration of the Frontispiece” mounted; added engraved title-page with upper margin repaired, lower area trimmed just into the imprint area and with one pinhole. Otherwise browning, mild spotting and light waterstaining variously, last leaves dust-soiled; light cockling and volume a tad sprung; a few leaves with short edge tears, not extending into text; map with ragged portion of lower inner edge, tear along one fold, and small hole at intersection of two folds. One blank page with early pencilled doodles. (27562)
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