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Text in Nahuatl and Spanish in parallel columns, set in roman and italic type respectively. Colophon: A gloria y honra de Dios nuestro señor y dela siempre virgen Sancta Maria su madre y señora nuestra, fenesce la Doctrina Christiana muy digna de ser sabida que compuso en lengua Mexicana y Castellana el muy reuerendo Padre Fray Iuan de la Anunciacion sub prior de Sant Augustin destra ciudad. En Mexico en casa de Pedro Balli. 1575. Woodcut ill. of St. Augustine on t.p. and repeated full page illustration of the saint with his congregation on the verso of leaf S3. Full page woodcut coat of arms of the dedicatee, don Martin Enriquez, on t.p. verso. Numerous errors in pagination. Signatures: [cross]⁶ A-S⁸ T². Leaf K2 missigned as A2. Final p. blank. Errata on p. [2]-[3] at end.
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![F[rat]ris Baptistae Man. Carmelitae theologi ad reuere[n]dissimum in Christo patre[m] ac D[omi]n[u]m D. Oliueriu[m] Carafa[m]: Sabinen. Ep[iscopu]m & Cardinale[m] Neapolitanu[m] De suo[rum] t[em]poru[m] calamitatibus](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4SQ31H%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Imprint from colophon. Full colophon reads: Calamitatum nostri temporis op[us] diuinu[m]. Parisiis impressum per Michaele[m] Lenoir. Anno natiuitatis domini millesimo nonagesimo octtauo die decima tertia mensis Marcij. Includes additions by Franciscus Ceretus. Woodcut printer's device on title page and illustration of the Crucifixion on the title page verso. Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 19.9 x 12.8 cm. Text in one column. Signatures: 2a⁸ 2b-2h⁶ 2i-2k⁸. Illustration on t.p. verso and capital letters on leaf a2r touched in yellow. Binding: half green morocco with marbled paper.
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Text in Nahuatl; licenses, Prologo, other preliminary matter, and Tabla in Spanish. Title page woodcut device of the Franciscan Order; on verso woodcut illustration of penitent at confession, repeated on leaf 40 recto, woodcut device on leaf 102 recto and at end of Tabla. Numerous errors in foliation. Signature: [superscript pi]A-B⁸ A-O⁸ ²A². Errata on [2] leaves at end. Includes index.
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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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Based largely on Lorenzo Valla's Elegantiae. Imprint from colophon, on verso of leaf cxxxvii; full colophon reads: Expicit [sic] tractatus Guidonis Iuuenalis. Impressus Parisius per Ioha[n]nem Treperel commora[n]tem supra pot[estat]em ad i[n]tersignu[m] diui Laurentii et fuit co[m]pletus. Anno domini millesimo quadragesimo nonagesimoseptimo die vero vicesima mensis Februarii. Title page in red and black; printer's device in red on title page. Signatures: A-C⁸ D⁶ E-G⁸ H⁶ I-L⁸ M⁶ N-P⁸ Q⁶ R-T⁸ (T8 blank).
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Parallel columns of text in Spanish and Nahuatl. Instituted by Pedro de Cordoba; continued and corrected by Juan Zumarraga and Domingo de Betanzos--Cf. "Prologo." At head of title: Veritas domini manet in eternum. Title page in red and black. Imprint from colophon Large woodcut, in red and black, of the shield of the Order of St. Domingo on t.p. Signatures: a-t⁸ v⁶. Verso of final leaf blank.
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