29098 GUADALUPE (Andres de) Historia de la Santa Provincia de los Angeles, de la regular observancia y orden de nuestro serafico Padre San Francisco, folio, with the frontispiece, fine copy in limp vellum, rare, £3. 16s Madrid, Mateo Fernandez, 1662 The author was Commissary General of the Indies, but his book contains little about America, although the Franciscan order which he celebrates laboured extensively in that field. The first notice of the New World is contained in his account of the letter of Martin de Valencia from Yucatan in 1531. 29099 GUERRA (Jose) Dr. de la Universidad de Mexico. Historia de la Revolucion de Nueva España, antiguamente Anahuac, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. calf, £4. Lond. 1813 This work was privately printed in London, and was intended to be circulated in Mexico, but the vessel in which nearly the whole of the impression was sent out, was never heard of afterwards, for which reason the work is extremely scarce. The author, whose full name was José Servando Santo Teresa Mier Noriega y Guerra, was several times imprisoned by the Inqui. sition. 29100 HEREDIA Y SARMIENTO, Resumen de las Naciones que poblaron el Pais de Anahuac, sm. 4to. map and curious plates of Mexican Antiquities, hf. bd. 15s Mexico, 1830 This scarce treatise is at the end of the author's Sermon on the Guadalupe Virgin. 29101 [HERNANDEZ (Francisco) Quatro libros de la Naturaleza, virtudes de las plantas y los animales que estan recebidos en el uso de la medecina en la Nueva España, con lo que el Doctor Hernandez escrivio traducido, aumentados por Francisco XIMENEZ], sm. 4to. wanting preliminary leaves and last leaf of table, but the text perfect, vellum, £4. (Mexico, 1615) 29102 29103 The additions make this a better work than the original work of Hernandez; and the Mexican names appear in it in a more correct form. RERUM MEDICARUM NOVE HISPANIE Thesaurus, seu Plantarum, Animalium, Mineralium Mexicanorum Historia, ex Hernandez relationibus a N. A. Reccho collecta: a J. T. Lynceo notis illustra (cum Indice, et Historiae Animalium et Mineralium libro), sm. folio, engraved title dated 1648, and several hundred woodcuts of American Plants, Quadrupeds, Birds, etc. without the printed title, vellum, £3. 16s (Romæ, 1651) The engraved title bears the date 1649, while the preface is dated 1650. This issue contains two engraved plates (at pp. 212 and 301) not in the later issue. the same, sm. folio, engraved and printed titles, both dated 1651, woodcuts, old dark red morocco, gilt edges, £4. 4s 1651 29104 HISTORIA de la REVOLUCION de Mexico, contra la Dictadura del General Santa-Anna, 1853-55, sm. 4to. portraits, maps, etc. hf. bd. 21s Mexico, 1856 29105 HUEHUETLATOLLI; traducido por Fr. Andres de Olmos, y otros tratados, sm. 4to. neatly written MS. transcribed for Don J. F. Ramirez, hf. bd. £6. 6s The contents of this volume are: I. HUEHUETLATOLLI, translated by Father Olmos, a transcript of the unique copy of the printed edition. II. RUIZ de ALARCON (Hernando) Tratado de las supersticiones de los naturales de esta Nueva España, transcript of a unique MS. written in 1629, 76 leaves. III. Portion of Sahagun's History. A very interesting and valuable collection, especially the second treatise which is unpublished. 29106 IBAR (F.) Muerte Politica de la Republica Mexicana, o cuadro de los sucesos politicos desde el 4 Dec. 1828, hasta el 25 Agosto 1829, sm. 4to. 34 numbers, with supplements, all published, calf gilt, 58 Mexico, 1829 29107 ICAZBALCETA (J. G.) Coleccion de Documentos para la Historia de Mexico, 2 vols. impl. 8vo. bound in calf, and half calf, £2. 10s Mexico, 1858-66 the same, 2 vols. LARGE AND FINE PAPER, only 12 copies printed 1858-66 HISTORIA ECLESIASTICA INDIANA, obra escrita á fines del Siglo XVI por G. de MENDIETA, 2 vols. LARGE AND FINE PAPER, only 26 copies printed 29108 together 4 vols. royal 4to. hf. bd. morocco, £15. 1870 Mexico, 1858-70 One of the most valuable modern publications on the Discovery and Colonisation of America, and the condition of the Indian peoples at the time of the Conquest of Mexico. The documents here set forth were inedited, and the first two volumes have nearly all been printed by the personal labour of the Editor. Only a very small number of copies were issued on Large Paper of these handsome books, and they are extremely rare. 29109 INQUISITION OF MEXICO. hf. bd. £90. MSS. from 1571 to 1802, folio, Some parts of this volume are in MS.; others are printed. The contents are: ... 1. MS. dated Mexico, Nov. 3 de 1571. Edicto general del Dr. Pedro 4. Edicto general, 4 de Mayo, 1802. The three preceding documents are all signed by the Inquisitors and sealed with the great seal. 5. Edict of the Inquisidor Genl. Francisco Perez, Enero 31 de 1747, 4 printed leaves. 6. Six different orders, 6 separate leaves, manuscripts, with seals. 7. Another Edict of the Inquisidor-General, Dr. Francisco Prado, Junio 27, de 1747, 4 printed leaves. 8. Ten original orders of the Inquisition, manuscripts, signed and sealed, 1640 1780. 9. Seven copies of the Compendio de las Indulgencias concedidas a los Ministros de la Inquisicion, each consisting of 4 printed leaves, and all of different dates and editions. 10. Instrucciones del Santo Oficio, 12 leaves; MS., a document of which a copy had to be given every year to the officials of the Holy Office. About 1680 11. Reglas y Constituciones de los Inquisidores, the title and two leaves of woodcuts, from the edition of Mexico, 1559, followed by two other printed leaves which bear the autograph signatures of the Inquisitors of 1745, and this written date; the text of the Reglas written as a copy from the old printed book, with the intentional omission of Cap. VIII, with official_certificate, dated 1787, of Fr. Manuel de Lejarza the "Notario Revisor y Expurgador" of the Holy Office. This, from its peculiar composition, is a very curious document. 12. Two copies of a printed "Instruccion que han de guardar los Comissarios del Santa Oficio, printed in Mexico, 8 11. (About 1670) 13. REGLAS Y CONSTITUCIONES que han de guardar los Señores Inquisidores. . del Santo Officio de la Inquisicion de esta ciudad de Mexico, four preliminary leaves including the two large coloured woodcuts, and 16 numbered leaves of text, VERY RARE Mexico, en la imprenta del Secreto del Santo Officio por la viuda de Bernardo Calderon, 1659 14. INSTRUCIONES del Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion sumariamente, antiguas y nuevas, puestas por abecedario por Gaspar Isidro de Arguello Oficial del Consejo, 2 vols. in 1, 18 unnumbered and 38 numbered leaves, RARE Madrid, 1630 15. A general Edict of the Inquisition of Mexico, July 17, 1801, signed and sealed, 2 printed copies, pp. 28. 29110 PROCESSO Y CAUSA CRIMINAL, Y SEGUNDA CAUSSA de YSABEL DE MONTOIA, mulata ó castiza (llamada la Centella) natural de esta ciudad, residente en la de Guajocingo . . . 2 vols. folio, MSS. with official signatures, these being the original documents prepared in the Inquisition of Mexico in the processes against Isabel de Montoya for Witchcraft, altogether 700 pages, hf. calf, £25. Puebla, 1652-63 This unhappy woman was twice proceeded against by the Inquisition of Mexico, once in 1652 and the second time in 1663, and suffered both times the sentence imposed upon her, after having undergone severe torments. 29111 [IXTLILXOCHITL] Sumaria Relacion de todas las cosas que an sucedido en la Nueva España y de muchas cosas que los Tultecas alcançaron y supieron dende la creacion del mundo hasta su destruction y benida de los terceros pobladores Chichimecas hasta la benida de los Espanoles, sacada de la original istoria desta Nueva España, sm. folio, clearly written MS. hf. bd. from the library of Don J. F. Ramirez, £20. Mexico, about 1680 29112 Then follows an "Informacion," made by order of the King of Spain, respecting the conduct of Nuño de Guzman, in 1532, in burning and plundering the King of Mechuacan, leaves 1-5. Then follows a copy of a "Cedula Real," of Philip II, granting certain privileges to Da. Isabel Moctezuma, leaves 6-16. Finally-Relacion de Don Francisco de Sandoval Acazteli Cacique y Señor de Tlamanalco, de la Guerra contra los Chichimecas (1541) en la cual acompañó al Visorey Antonio de Mendoza, traducida del Mexicano por Pedro Bazquez en 1641. This is a document of considerable historical importance. Sumaria Relacion . . sm. folio, well written MS. consisting of the same work of Ixtlilxochitl as is contained in the preceding article, vellum, £5. 15s Mexico, about 1769-70 The Relations of Don Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl-lineal descendant (grandnephew) of the last King of Tezcuco, and a man who had very little Spanish feeling in his composition-were written at the beginning of the seventeenth century, and derived entirely from native sources and the inter pretation furnished by the oldest notabilities of the country of the existing picture-records. They are by far the most important contribution to Mexican history before the Conquest. The work is divided into the following sections:- II. Ystoria de los Chichimecos, down to the time of Netzahualcoyotl, in ten Relaciones. III. Account of the Mexicans from the death of Chimalpopoca; Orden anças de Netzahualcoyotl, etc. IV. Venida de los Españoles; Entrada a Tezcuco. Followed by the subscription "Es toda esta historia de puño de Don Fernando de Alba Ixtlilxuchitl . ." V. [Relacion de los Toltecas, etc.] beginning with the words "Los Toltecas fueron segundos pobladores." 12 Relaciones, ending with (13th) Origen de los Xuchimilcas. Followed by a Suplicacion to the Viceroy for intercession with the King, signed by the author. VI. Sumaria Relacion de la Historia general desta Nueva España. see ante, original Mexican MSS. which belonged to the Ixtlilxochitl family, Nos. 29040-45. 29113 JESUITAS DE LA NUEVA ESPANA, Documentos varios historicos y estadisticos, sobre los trabajos de la Compañia en esta provincia, 7 vols. sm. 4to. official MŠS. vellum, £20. Mexico, Sec. XVII-XVIII I. Libro en que se escrivieron los primeros Religiosos venidos de Europa (y los que se reciben), desde 1572 (hasta 1605) About 1606 About 1644 II. A similar compilation, extending as far as 1643 III. Gastos. Libro de la Caxa de la casa profesa de Mexico, 1592-1604, in the handwriting of Francisco Baez 1592-1604 IV. Libro de los que se reciven para religiosos 1644-1663 1663 Visitas desta casa pro fessa, Respuestas de N. P. Gl. 1662 1663-1705 VI. Libro sexto. Nombres de los que hazen los votos, etc. 1644-1705 VII. Ordenaciones de Nros. Pes. Generales, 1699-1766 1700-1766 29114 LEJARZA, Análisis Estadistico de la provincia de MICHUACAN en 1832, sm. 4to. folding tables, hf. bd. 24s Mexico, 1824 29115 LOPEZ (Greg.) La Vida, que hizo el siervo de Dios Gregorio Lopez en algunos lugares de esta nueva España, por Franc. Lossa, 12mo. calf, 30s Mexico, 1613 Brunet, in mentioning an edition of Seville, 1618, says: " Antonio, qui qualifie ce petit ouvrage d'aureus libellus, n'a pas connu cette edition de 1618, dont un bel exemplaire en mar. a été vendu £2. 12s, Heber, mais il cite une de Mexico, 1613, qui doit être encore plus rare que celle de Séville." MARTINEZ (Henrico) Reportorio de los Tiempos, 1606-see post in section of Books printed in Mexico. 29116 MAYER (B.) Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican: with a view of the ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; a sketch of the late War; and notices of New Mexico and California, 2 vols. portraits and numerous illustrations, cloth, 36s 1853 29117 MEDINA (Balthassar de) CHRONICA DE LA S. PROVINCIA DE S. DIEGO DE MEXICO de Religiosos Descalços de N. S. P. S. Francisco en la Nueva-España, sm. folio, frontispiece and тар, vellum, VERY RARE, £8. 8s Mexico, 1682 29118 MEMORIAL DE LOS HIJOS DE CONQUISTADORES de esta Nueva España y ciudad de Mexico, que vibian el año de 1590 en el primero gobierno de el Exmo. Señor Don Luis de Velasco, Marques de Salinas, Virrey de esta Nueva España fecho para Luis de Tobar Godinez, secretario de la gobernacion, en el ano de 1622, sm. folio, 7 leaves, fairly written MS. £6. 6s Mexico, Sec. XVII 29119 MENDIETA (Geronimo de) Historia Eclesiastica Indiana, obra del Siglo XVI, la publica por primera vez Icazbalceta, imp. 8vo. sd. 30s 29119*. Only a limited number of copies printed. Mexico, 1870 Historia Eclesiastica Indiana, obra escrita á fines del siglo XVI, la publica por primera vez Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, 2 vols. imp. 4to. LARGE AND FINE PAPER, calf, uncut, £10. Mexico, 1870 Only 26 Large Paper copies were printed, this being No. 3. This work forms the promised third vol. of Señor Icazbalceta's "Documentos para la Historia de Mexico." In his interesting Notice of the Author, Sr. Icazbalceta shows that Torquemada has copied whole pages of Mendieta's History into his "Monarquia Indiana.” see ante No. 29107. 29120 MOTA PADILLA (Don Mathias de la) Conquista de el Reyno de la nueva Galicia en la America Septentrional, fundacion de su capital ciudad de Goadalaxara, sus progresos militares y politicos, y breve descripcion de los Reynos de la Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Toledo o Nayarit. . . Sonora y Sinaloa, con noticias de la Ysla de la California, sm. folio, plainly written MS. some leaves water-stained, about 750 pp. hf. bd. from the Ramirez library, £10. (Mexico) 1742 (? 1750) 29121 29122 29123 The oldest and best MS. of the work now existing, apparently almost contemporary with the author's MS. The text has been printed more than once since the first edition in 1855, but it still requires to be critically edited, according to the admission of Ycazbalceta, who published an edition, in 1870, for the Geographical Society of Mexico. Conquista del Reino de la Nueva Galicia 2 vols. folio, well written MS. with ornamental title-pages, calf, £7. This is the text from which the edition of 1870 was printed by Ycazbalceta, and is marked in red ink, between the lines, with the variant readings of his codex. Conquista de la Nueva Galicia. . . folio, beautifully written MS. calf, £5. Mexico, about 1850 This volume contains an illuminated copy of the coats of arms of the cities of Guadalaxara and Durango, and those of two of the conquerors of that province, Francisco de Mosta and Cristoval Romero. Historia de la Conquista de la Provincia de la NuevaGalicia escrita en 1742, publicada por la Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia, y Estadistica, 4to. 4 plates of arms, and facsimile of autograph, hf. mor. gilt, 368 Mexico, 1870 29124 NUEVA-VISCAYA. Documentos para la Historia Ecclesiastica y Civil de la Nueva Viscaya, 3 vols. folio, clearly written MS. calf, from the Ramirez collection, £12. Vol. I, 396 11.; Vol. II, 275 and 219 ll.; Vol. III, 115 ll. Sec. XIX |