[Mexico]. [Religion]

Gracias. Indulgencias, y Privilegios Concedidos a la Congregacion del Inclyto, y Milagroso Apostol de las Indias S. Francisco Xavier [caption title]

Mexico City: Por las Herederos de la Viuda de Francisco Rodriguez Lupercio, 1710. [7]pp. on two folding sheets. Small folio. Previously folded. Stitch holes, moderate dampstaining, a few small chips at edges. Moderate wear at horizontal fold, causing some loss and resulting in tape repair to final leaf. Untrimmed, in a modern quarter calf and pebbled cloth folder. Good. Item #6230

A rare admission certificate to a congregation in Mexico City, founded by Pope Alexander VII around 1665 to 1667 in honor of the Jesuit missionary, Francis Xavier. It includes a plenary indulgence, and lists the responsibilities of congregants, which include communion at least once a month, nightly prayers, teaching Christian doctrine to servants, and more. This example, printed in 1710, is made out for a new female member, Clara María Ximenez de los Cobos, by secretary Joseph de Zertuche on 1 July 1722, and bears his signature. Attractively printed, with a woodcut of Xavier, a double ornamental border, and large decorative initial. Not in Medina or OCLC.

Price: $1,750.00