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Speculum coniugiorum / aeditum per R.P.F. Illephonsum a Veracruce Instituti Haeremitarum Sancti Augustini
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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. "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
- Date
- 1556
- Call number
- 106389
- Provenance
- Purchased from Harper, Oct. 1923. Two firebrands on edges: one epigraphic (14 x 78 mm) on the head edge; one figurative and epigraphic (45 x 29 mm) on tail edge. Both firebrands are from the Convento de San Francisco de Mexico. Bookplate: Ex Bibliotheca Magni Mexicani ... S.P. U.S. Francisci
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