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Speculum coniugiorum /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alonso de la Vera Cruz, fray, approximately 1507-1584
Other Authors: Pablos, Juan, -1561? (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:Latin
Published: Excussum opus Mexici : In aedibus Ioannis Pauli Brissensis, A.D. 1556 Idi. Aug[ust]
Subjects:
Marriage (Canon law) > Early works to 1800.
Marriage > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > Early works to 1800.
Indians of Mexico > Marriage customs and rites.
Description
Item Description: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.
Illustrated title page with large woodcut, surrounded by a double frame; imprint statement is at the bottom of the woodcut, within the frame.
Colophon: Finitus liber ad laudem Dei Anno partae salutis, Millessimo quingentissimo quinq[ua]gessimo. 7. Calendis Ianua. apud Ioannem Paulum Brissensum calchographum. In insigni, & fidelissima Mexicana ciuitate.
Signatures: a-2t⁸ 2v⁸(-v8).
"The Colonial Mexican Imprint Collection."
Vellum binding; in tan niger slipcase by J. Desmonts and J. Mac Donald Co..
Title vignette: coat of arms.
Spanish notes on first gathering recto leaves.
Physical Description:686 pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 21 cm. (quarto in 8's)
Place of Publication:Mexico -- Mexico City.