Sermon, Que en los Solemnes Cultos, Que el Muy Religioso Parrochial Convento de N.S.P. San Francisco de la Ciudad de Santiago de Queretaro...
Mexico: Por la Viuda de Miguel de Ribera Calderon, 1711. [10],28pp. 4to. Later plain vellum. Boards bowing at fore-edge; small, narrow wormhole through front hinge. Title page printed in black and red; detached and reaffixed to stub. Light tanning and foxing; some dampstaining, heavier to rear leaves. About very good. Item #3825
A rare sermon given by Juan de Guevara in 1711 at the Convent of San Francisco, the oldest religious building in Querétaro. Guevara was the official professor of theology at the convent, and in this address he gives thanks for the Franco-Spanish victories over the English at the Battles of Brihuega (December 8, 1710) and Villaviciosa (December 10, 1710) during the War of Spanish Succession. These two battles were important in strengthening Philip's hold of the Spanish crown, and forced England out of the conflict. An attractive piece of early 18th-century Mexican printing by one of the prominent women printers of the Spanish colonial period, and quite scarce -- we locate only two copies, at the National Library of Chile and Indiana University.
Medina, Mexico 2292. Palau 110434 (modern ed.).
Price: $2,750.00