http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
686 pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 21 cm. (quarto in 8's)
aeditum per R.P.F. Illephonsum a Veracruce Institvti Haeremitarvm Sancti Augustini, artium ac Sacre Theologiae doctorem, cathedr[a]eq[uae] primariae in inclyta Mexicana academia moderatorem; accessit in fine compendium breue aliquorum priuilegiorum, praecipué concessorum ministris sancti euangelij huis Noui Orbis.
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.
"The Colonial Mexican Imprint Collection."
Vellum binding; in tan niger slipcase by J. Desmonts and J. Mac Donald Co..
Spanish notes on first gathering recto leaves.