La Conquete Spirituelle du Mexicque: Ess al sur lL'apostolate et lea Methodes Missionnaires des Ordres Mendiants en Nouvelle-

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Author: Robert Ricard (1900-1984) from the Library of Frederick Holden Hall Year: 1933 Publisher: Institut d'Ethnologie Place: Paris Description: xix+404+[2 ad]+[2] pages with folding map, 22 plates. Quarto (10 3/4" x 7") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine with blind stamped half ruled cover. Volume 20 Travaux et Memoires de L'Institut D'Ethnologie, University of Paris. from the Library of Frederick Holden Hall A scarce First edition Ricard's brilliant portrayal of the methods employed to found and organize the church in New Spain brings into focus the profound revolution in Mexican life that took place in the all important sixteenth century. He begins his account with the arrival of the first mission in 1524, just five years after Cortes landed on Mexican soil, and concludes in 1572, the year when the Jesuits arrived to initiate a new period of religious history and supplant the established Orders. Frederick Holden Hall, past curator of the Latin American Collection of the Newberry Library. Condition: Corners bumped, spine ends and corners rubbed. Hall's marginalia and underlining through out. Else an about very good copy.

• Binding: Hardcover

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