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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. Signatures: a-2v⁸ (2v blank?). The title differs slightly from that reproduced in Medina 31.
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Done at the behest of, and dedicated to, the Archbishop of Mexico City, Alonso de Montúfar. Colophon on verso of leaf 404: Ad laudem Dei et gloriosissimae matris eius, nec non omnium sanctorum, & ad profectum & vtilitatem fidelium, sub sedis Apostolicae, ac piorum omnium benigna correctione, summariu[m] omniu[m] sacramentorum à reuerendo patre fratre Bartholomaeo à Ledesma pr[a]edicatoriae familiae ac sacrae theologiae magistro aeditum, foeliciter finem habet. Excussum Mexici, apud Antonium de Espinosa Anno Domini 1566. Die .25. me[n]sis Februarij. Numerous foliation errors. Woodcut coat of arms of Archbishop Montúfar and cartouche on title page, woodcut diagrams on leaves 352v and 373v, printer's device in colophon (leaf 404v), ornamented initials. Errata on verso of leaf [4], 1st count, and on leaf [16] at end. In Latin, with some of the prefatory material in Spanish. Signatures: [Maltese cross]⁴ A-2C⁸ 2D⁴ 2E-2Z⁸ 2& ⁸ 2a-2f⁸. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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