Speculum coniugiorum / aeditum per R.P.F. Illephonsum a Veracruce ... ; accessit in fine compendium breue aliquorum priuilegiorum, praecipué concessorum ministris sancti euangelij huis Noui Orbis.

Author
Alonso de la Vera Cruz, fray, approximately 1507-1584 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
Excussum opus Mexici [Mexico City] : In aedibus Ioannis Pauli Brissensis, A.D. 1556 Idi. Aug[us].
Description
686 p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 21 x 15.6 cm. (4to)

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    Notes
    • First manual on marriage according to the laws of the Catholic Church written in the New World, also treating matrimonial customs of the Indians of Mexico.
    • Illustrated t.p. with large woodcut, surrounded by a double frame; imprint statement is at the bottom of the woodcut, within the frame.
    • Colophon: Finitus liber ad laudem Dei Anno partae salutis, Millessimo quingentissimo quinq[ua]gessimo. 7. Calendis Ianua. apud Ioannem Paulum Brissensum calchographum. In insigni, & fielissima Mexicana ciuitate.
    • Signatures: a-2t⁸ 2v⁸(-v8).
    • Includes index.
    Provenance
    • WHS copy: Branded with the 'marca de fuego' of the Colegio de la Purísima Concepción (Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico) [marca CPCC-12129 in the Catálogo Colectivo de Marcas de Fuego.
    • WHS copy is Charles F. Gunther's copy, acquired 11/12/26 from Rosenbach; inv. 563.
    References
    • Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) 459194 [i.e. 359194]
    • Thacher, II, p. 97 (Miscellanea)
    • Wagner 27
    Other title(s)
    • Specvlvm conivgiorvm.
    • Speculum conjugiorum.
    LCCN
    2005574757
    OCLC
    60349100
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