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Speculum coniugiorum / aeditum per R.P.F. Illephonsum a Veracruce Instituti Haeremitarum Sancti Augustini, artium ac Sacre Theologiae doctorem, cathedr[a]eq[uae] primariae in inclyta Mexicana academia moderatorem

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Description: 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. Signatures: a-2v⁸ (2v blank?). The title differs slightly from that reproduced in Medina 31.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1556
Call number: 106391
Creator: Alonso de la Vera Cruz (approximately 1507-1584)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from H.R. Wagner, Dec. 1923. One figurative firebrand (30 x 22 mm) of the Convento del Santo Desierto (Santa Fe, Ciudad de México) on the head edge. Inscription on top of title page: Es del convento de nuestra señora de la concepcion de Carmelino....de Guadalajara. Inscription on bottom of title page: Santo desierto...Carmelo.
Dimensions: (Sm 4to. in 8's)
Associated people: Pablos, Juan, (-1561?,)
Associated organization: Convento del Santo Desierto (Santa Fe, Mexico),
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