Relacion De La Persecucion Que Uvo En La Yglesia De Iapon Y De Los Insignes Martyres Que

by Pedro Japan Mexico Morejon C 1562 1639

$30,000 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

ONE OF TWO MEXICAN EDITIONS, both printed by Juan Ruiz in 1616. Bound in contemporary limp vellum, with two of four ties preserved. Title-page with woodcut Jesuit device; woodcut headpieces and initials. An attractive, unsophisticated copy with broad margins in its original binding. Light stain on title and following two leaves. Early paper repair at outer margin of title page removing an inscription , mild damp-staining to the text, some small

• Binding: Leather

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