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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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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. "Accessit in fine compendium breve aliquorum privilegiorum, praecipue concessourm ministris sancti evangelii huius novi orbis."-- T.-p. However, this compendium is not included; cf. p. 657: "Compendium breve privilegioru[m] quod promisseramus ex iusta causa differimus." Includes index
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