Fragua de Amor Divino para Ablandar los Hierros del Corazon Humano...
Mexico City: Viuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, 1745. [10],264pp. Narrow 12mo. Contemporary vellum. Text block separating but still stable. Title page lightly chipped and soiled, partially detached. Light worming to lower half of volume; text otherwise clean. Contemporary manuscript notations to rear endleaves. About very good. Item #3170
A book of prayers and devotions, translated from Portuguese, printed here in a slightly unusual format for a Mexican book. The verso of the title page features a full-page woodcut of the Sacred Heart of Christ. Not in Palau. We locate copies at the National Library of Chile and the Instituto Tecnologico in Mexico; none in U.S. libraries.
Medina, Mexico 3727.
Price: $2,750.00