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![Primera parte de los problemas, y secretos marauillosos de las Indias. / Compuesta por el doctor Iuan de Cardenas, medico. Dirigida al illustrissimo Señor Don Luys de Velasco, Virrey d[e]sta nueua España](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4HBFO3B%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Title vignette: coat of arms. Foliation errors: leaves 144, 152, 156, 170 misnumbered 126, 125, 159, 180. Signatures: [para.]⁸ A-2G⁸ 2H⁶.
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Woodcut device of the Society of Jesus, with initials IHS on t.p. Foliation errors: leaves 21, 67, 69 incorrectly numbered 29, 69, 65 respectively. "Vocabulario breve" begins on verso of leaf 78. Signatures: [A]⁸ B-N⁸. Verso of final leaf blank.
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The text is a mixture of sermons, laudatory poetry, epigrams, etc.; side notes in Latin with reference to the Scriptures. Colophon: Con licencia. En Mexico En casa de Pedro Balli. 1600. Foliation errors: leaf 64 misnumbered as 53, 93 as 94, 106 as 116, 125 as 126, and 186 misnumbered as 180. Woodcut coat of arms of the Inquisidor Alonso de Peralta on t.p. verso, historiated and ornamental initials. Signatures: [par.]-2[par.]⁸ A-Z⁸ 2A⁴ 2B⁴ chi² (2A4, chi2 blank). Errata on leaves [5]-[6] at end.
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Title page and imprint information based on descriptions in Medina and Garcia Icazbalceta. Signatures: (4 leaves without s-mks.; A-Z, Aa-Ss, TT-XX, each 8; YY, 6 leaves). Foliation errors: leaves 82, 88, 111 and 309 misprinted as 76, 73, 112 and 313 respectively. There are numerous catchword errors. Leaves 1-280 have running title De mediçina; leaves 281-322 have De cirujia; leaves 323+ have De la anothomia. Cut of friar on t.p., ornamented capitals. Previous ed. published in 1579 as: Tractado breve de anothomia y chirugia, y de algunas enfermedades.
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![Cyrurgia parua Guidonis : Cyrurgia Albucasis cu[m] cauterijs [et] alijs instrumentis. Tractatus de oculis Iesu hali Tractatus de oculis Canamusali](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4K4TYI2%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Imprint from colophon. Work includes Abulcasis' [i.e. Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn ʻAbbās al-Zahrāwī] Chirurgia cum formis instrumentorum, translated from Arabic into Latin by Gerardus Cremonensis on leaves a6r-f6r; Jesus filius Hali's [i.e. 'Alī ibn 'Īsá al-Kahhāl] De oculis, translated from Arabic into Latin by Dominicus Marrochinus, on leaves aa1r-bb9v; David Armenicus' De oculis, translated into Latin by Canamusali de Baldach [i.e. 'Ammār ibn 'Alī al-Mausili?], on leaves bb10r-cc8r. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 29 x 20.2 cm. Printed in 2 columns; 65 lines; types, 180G., 130G., 74G.; spaces for capitals with guide letters; woodcut initials; woodcut illustrations of surgical instruments; printer's device at end. Foliation errors: leaves 5 and 39, first sequence, misnumbered as 4 and 41 respectively. Signatures: a⁶ b-d⁸ e-f⁶ aa⁸ bb¹⁰ cc⁸. Binding: 17/18th century sprinkled calf.
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![[Sermonario en Lengua Mexicana] : [donde se contiene (por el orden del Misal nuevo Romano) dos Sermones en todas las Dominicas y Festividades principales de todo el año, y otro en las Fiestas de los Santos, con sus Vidas, y Comunes. Con un Catecismo en lengua mexicana y española, con el Calendario.] / [Compuesto por el R.P. Fr. Juan de la Anunciación, Subprior del monasterio de S. Agustín, de México]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4LIP4DU%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Title taken from copy described in Garcia Icazbalceta, J. Bibliografía Mexicana del siglo XVI ... pt. 1, no. 73. Text of the Sermonario, containing 2 sermons for each day, is in Nahuatl, for the Cathecismo in Spanish and Nahuatl in parallel columns. Half title page in Nahuatl for the saints' feast days: Nican ompehua yn temachtilli, ynitechpovi sanctoral. Separate title page: Cathecismo en lengua mexicana y espanola. En Mexico, Por Antonio Ricardo. M.D.LXXVII. Woodcut title page vignette of St. Augustine in different versions on all three title pages. Decorative initials and tail-piece. Includes index, Tablade de los sermones, and the calendar of saints' feast days. Errata on leaf 3E8v. Errors in foliation: leaves 23-24, 69, 99, 101, 133, 149, 165, 167 and 168 are misnumbered respectively: 33, 42, 70, 98, 104, 131, 159, 565, 158, 568. Signatures: A-P⁸ , Q⁴ , Aa-Mm⁸ , Nn⁴ , Aaa-Eee⁸.
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