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Vida admirable del siervo de Dios fray Antonio de San Pedro, religioso proffeso de los descalzos De Nuestra Señora de la Merced; nacido en el Reyno de Portugal; convertido a la gracia de Dios prodigiosamente en el Reyno del Peru, en Lima; espantoso en virtudes, y casos peregrinos en el de España; vivió, y murió en ossuna con indezible opinion de Santidad. Escrivela el P. Fr. Juan de San Damaso, al presente Comendador del Convento de Señor San Joseph, de Sevilla, de los Descalços de nuestra Señora de la Merced. Con privilegio
by San Dámaso, Juan de
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- Binding discolored, worn, loose. Endpapers damaged. Title page, f. 60 and 206 torn, restored, no effect on legibility. A small h
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About This Item
Impresso en Cadiz: por Juan Lorenzo Machado, 1670. First edition. In contemporary limp vellum. Title lettered on spine. Binding discolored, worn, loose. Endpapers damaged. Title page, f. 60 and 206 torn, restored, no effect on legibility. A small hole on f. 224 affection the text. Open tear on f. 131 at the outer edge. F. [6] torn at the lower edge, with some missing text. Engraving trimmed, restored at the lower edge and the lower outer corner. Many pages chipped, dented, dogeared, discolored stained. Water stains, foxing occasionally. Possible provenance inscription of f. [246]v, indecipherable. Otherwise in good condition.. First edition. In contemporary limp vellum. Title lettered on spine. ff. [6] [1 (engraved plate)] 245 [17]. A scarce Americana and Judaica, the life of a Portuguese converso who became a merchant in Lima.
The life of Antonio de San Pedro (1570-1622), a Portuguese New Christian, a converso who was sent to Lima by his parents, in fear of the inquisition. In Lima, he became a merchant, and in 1604 he was arrested for practicing Jewish rites. First, he was imposed three years of public penance in the Convent of La Merced in Lima, where he truly converted to Christianity. After that, he was expelled to Spain, where he entered the Osuna convent of the discalced Mercedarians and then on lived a very pious Christian life until his death. The members of his convent began collecting evidence and testimonies of miracles he did and the process of beatification was opened shortly. As part of the campaign his Life was written by Juan de San Dámaso, and eventually published in 1670 as the first book on Antonio de San Pedro.
Unlike most copies, this one contains the engraved portrait of Fray Antonio de San Pedro, showing the friar kneeling in front of Christ. The original painting was created by Bernardino Baldung and was turned into an engraving by Peeter Clouwet.
Scarce on the market, RBH list only 2 copies within the last 85 years. The book is quite well represented in institutions in Spain (5), Portugal (4) and Chile (3), but besides those IB only lists a copy in Italy and no copies in the US.
Sabin 76022.
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- Title
- Vida admirable del siervo de Dios fray Antonio de San Pedro, religioso proffeso de los descalzos De Nuestra Señora de la Merced; nacido en el Reyno de Portugal; convertido a la gracia de Dios prodigiosamente en el Reyno del Peru, en Lima; espantoso en virtudes, y casos peregrinos en el de España; vivió, y murió en ossuna con indezible opinion de Santidad. Escrivela el P. Fr. Juan de San Damaso, al presente Comendador del Convento de Señor San Joseph, de Sevilla, de los Descalços de nuestra Señora de la Merced. Con privilegio
- Author
- San Dámaso, Juan de
- Format/Binding
- In contemporary limp vellum. Title lettered on spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Binding discolored, worn, loose. Endpapers damaged. Title page, f. 60 and 206 torn, restored, no effect on legibility. A small h
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- por Juan Lorenzo Machado
- Place of Publication
- Impresso en Cadiz
- Date Published
- 1670
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