Author: (Mosquera, Manuel José); M.M.M.
Title: Memorial Del Ilustrísimo Y Reverendísimo Señor Manuel José Mosquera. Arzobispo de Santa-Fé de Bogotá. Confesor de la Fé. Respetuosamente Dedicado Al Venerable Clero de Su Arquidiócesis Por M.M. M.
Description: Paris, Imprenta de Adriano le Clere y Compañía, 1858. First edition. Gilt-tooled pebbled cloth, stamped in blind, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers. 190, [plate], [10] pp. Illus. with lithographic portrait, engraved plate, and one tipped in photograph (colotype). Folio. 20 x 13 inches. Text within elaborate wood-engraved borders, illustrating passages of Scripture. Numerous ornamental initials and vignettes in the text. Contains homilies, sermons, and prayers, primarily in Spanish (some with Latin translations) by the author himself, as well as dedicatory poems and letters of tribute (some in French) by admirers. Includes description and image of the architectural monument built in Paris to honor the Archbishop of Bogota. Last at auction in 1978 at the New York Historical Society sale.OCLC locates 13 copies: BN Chile, Yale, BN Spain, ED&D, CSIC, SUNY Buffalo, Univ. Deleware, Illinois, Indiana, Notre Dame, Clemson, Harvard, BN Colombia. Palau 183452. Sabin 51066. Joints split and worn, chip to head of spine, marbled tissue guard torn, otherwise a bright copy and still about very good.

Keywords: , Latin America, Religion & Philosophy, South America, Colombia, Colombia New Granada catholic church, Book Religion & Philosophy


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