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THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE
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First Guidebook to
Marian Shrines in Mexico
A Very Early Florida Author 
(A TRUE MARIAN CLASSIC). Florencia, Francisco de. Zodiaco mariano en que el sol de justicia Christo con la salud en las alas vista como signos, y casas proprias para beneficio de los hombres los templos, y lugares dedicados à los cultos de su SS. Madre por medio de las mas celebres, y milagrosas imagenes de la misma Señora, que se veneran en esta America Septentrional, y reynos de la Nueva España. Mexico: En la Nueva Imprenta del Real, y Mas Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, 1755. 4to (20 cm; 8"). [24], 328 pp.
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• Sabin 24819; Medina, Mexico, 4246; DeBacker-Sommervogel, III, 799; Grajales & Burrus, Bibliografia guadalupana, 169; Palau 92355. Contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties and pastedowns and front free endpapers (if there ever were any). Two small round areas in blank space of title-page with holes probably where a previous owner's name was; two pages (31, 153) each with two areas of blank space heavily inked over, again probably where a previous owner's name was, the iron gall ink having damaged those two leaves with small loss (perhaps 12 or 15 words total) on their versos. Some stray brown stains, possibly associated with ink or with wax. 
A good copy but for the noted small losses. Priced accordingly. (36621)
Defense of a Marian CultAlcocer, José Antonio. Carta apologética a favor del título de Madre Santisima de la Luz, que goza la reyna del cielo Maria purísima señora nuestra, y de la imagen que con el mismo título se venera en algunos lugares de esta América. Mexico: por Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, 1790. Small 4to. [34] ff., xi [i.e., ix], [1 (blank)], 197, [1 (blank)] pp. (lacks engraved plate).
Click the images for enlargements. • Medina, Mexico, 79191; Palau 6095; on Alcocer, see: Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica, fiche 23, frames 47–49. Contemporary cockled vellum, lacking the buttons for its loops, and lacking also the engraving; a very few light stains to a very few pages. Actually, quite a nice copy of the text. (36658)
Much! Political CommentBarrio y Rangel, José M. del. Sermón predicado por el P.D. José M. del Barrio y Rengel, presbitero de la v. Congregacion del Oratorio, en la solemne función que el Comercio de México dedicó a María Santísima de Guadalupe, su augusta patrona, el martes 6 de enero de 1857, en la Iglesia de N.S.P.S. Francisco. Mexico: Impr. de José Mariano Lara, 1857. 8vo (21 cm; 9"). [3] ff., 52 pp.
Click the images for enlargements. • Grajales & Burrus, Bibliografia guadalupana, 374. Sewn as issued. Dust-soiled, especially to title-page and edges, with top and bottom edges bent. Overall a good++ copy. (34681)
With an Early Engraving of the Virgin of GuadalupeBartolache [y Diaz de Posada], Jose Ignacio. Manifiesto satisfactorio anunciado en la Gazeta de Mexico (Tom. I nm. 53) Opusculo guadalupano. Mexico: Imp. por D. Felipe de Ziga y Ontiveros, 1790. 4to. [7] ff., 105, [1 (blank)], 16 pp., [6] ff., 3 plts.
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In all, Bartolache details and discusses 19 books and pamphlets. Additionally, this volume contains an excellent engraving of the Virgin, designed by Jose Guerrero and engraved by Tomas Suria. The last text pages discuss this image of the Virgin as a physical object, as a piece of art: the structure supporting her, the proportions of the face and body, the “paint,” and so on. The final six leaves contain a list of subscribers, which is rather unusual in Mexican books, and there are two other, unsigned, related engravings.
• Medina, Mexico, 7957; Grajales & Burrus, Bibliografia guadalupana, 273; Palau 25095; Maggs, Bibl. Amer., I, 1141, and VI, 5899; Beristain, I, 141; Puttick & Simpson, Bibliotheca Mejicana, 167; Sutro, p. 33. Contemporary acid-stained sheep (Valenciana style) with gilt spine, marbled endpapers and all edges red; fore-edge of rear cover gnawed upon by a rodent, but not too seriously. A clean, attractive copy of a book both widely and deeply interesting. (36633)
Protecting the Virgin of Guadalupe from the
Impugnings of Juan Bautista MuñozGomez Marin, Manuel. Defensa guadalupana ... contra la disertacion de D. Juan Bautista Muñoz. Méjico: Impr. de Alejandro Valdes, 1819. Small 4to. [5] ff., 55, [1 (blank)] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. denied the apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe, calling it merely the illusion of a “mere Indian.” The cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe was so important to Mexicans of all classes and political persuasions that a spirited defense was assured; and Gómez Marín, a distinguished poet, naturalist, and religious writer, provides one here. 
The Exact Costs for a Retablo & Accoutrements for theVirgin of Guadalupe(Xalapa, Indigenous Population). Compiled file of 11 manuscript documents in Spanish on paper. Xalapa and Mexico City: 1677 (11 January – 20 May). Folio (31.5 cm, 12.25"). [10] pp. (last 3 blank).
Click the images for enlargements.a retablo and appropriate accoutrements for the worship of the Virgin of Guadalupe. He orders the local officials to submit estimates of the costs, which are detailed in this file. The compiled documents begin with the archbishop’s autograph document incorporating the original petition and his orders to the locals as to what should be done. Most importantly, the files contain
details of how much material will be required, their costs, and the cost of the artisans who will carry out the work.
This is an important economic document for the history of artisanry and church architecture.
• In very good condition; sewn but never bound. Written by a different officials in easy to read hands. (41019)
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