Devocion a Señor San Joseph, Primera y Segunda Parte.
[Mexico]: Reimpresso en la Imprenta del Real, y Mas Antiguo Colegio S. Ildefonso, 1757. [6],296pp. 16mo. Contemporary limp vellum, faded manuscript spine title. Three contemporary marcas de fuego to wrappers. Perished fore-edge ties, short closed tear from top edge of front wrap; light wear and staining. Remnants of 20th-century bookplate on front pastedown; later, simple shelfmarks; scattered manuscript ownership inscriptions from several periods, including contemporary and slightly later; occasional slightly later, very neat highlighting and underlining in red pencil. Light dampstaining and foxing internally, occasionally heavier. Good. Item #5075
Second edition of this scarce but substantial devotional work for the worship of Jesus' father, Joseph, compiled by two Jesuit priests and printed at the Real y Màs Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso. The first section comprises a long essay on the importance and the various manners for the veneration of Joseph; it concludes with several specific prayers and instructions for proper devotion. The second part contains a detailed, prescribed set of prayers, exercises, thoughts, and orations for a full and dedicated week of veneration. OCLC traces four examples of this edition, at the University of New Mexico, NYPL, the JCB, and the National Library of Chile (Medina's copy); we find only one copy of the 1732 Hogal edition, also from Medina's collection. An interesting copy that carries three contemporary marcas de fuego on its vellum wrappers, two of Jesuit origin and one that is composed of a cypher-like monogram "MA" topped with a crown.
Medina, Mexico 4409.
Price: $750