Speculum coniugiorum /
aeditum per R.P.F. Illephonsum a Veracruce, Instituti Haeremitarum Sancti Augustini, artiu[m] ac sacrae theologiae doctore[m], cathedrae[que] primariae in inclyta Mexicana academia moderatorem.

Description

Main Author

Alonso de la Vera Cruz, fray, approximately 1507-1584.

Related Names

Pablos, Juan, -1561?, printer.

Language(s)

Latin

Published

Excussum opus Mexici : In aedibus Ioannis Pauli Brissensis, A.D. 1556 Idi. Aug[us].

Subjects

Marriage > Marriage / Religious aspects > Marriage / Religious aspects / Catholic Church.
Marriage (Canon law)
Indians of Mexico > Indians of Mexico / Marriage customs and rites.
Indians of Mexico > Indians of Mexico / Marriage customs and rites > Indians of Mexico / Marriage customs and rites / Early works to 1800.
Marriage > Marriage / Religious aspects > Marriage / Religious aspects / Catholic Church > Marriage / Religious aspects / Catholic Church / Early works to 1800.
Marriage (Canon law) > Marriage (Canon law) / Early works to 1800.
Branded edges (Provenance)
Book brands (Owners' marks)
Printed waste (Binding) > Printed waste (Binding) / 16th century.
Vellum bindings (Binding)
Marginalia (Provenance).
Annotations (Provenance).

Note

Includes index.
Errors in pagination: 76 misnumbered 67, 363 misnumbered 393, 365 misnumbered 635, 377 misnumbered 677, 432 misnumbered 423.
Signatures: a-2v⁸; 2v8 blank.
Colophon (page 685): Finitus liber ad laudem Dei Anno partae salutis, Millessimo quingentissimo quin[qua]gessimo. 7. Calendis Ianua. apud Ioannem Paulum Brissensum calchographum. In insigni, & fidelissima Mexicana ciuitate.
Illustrated title page with large armorial woodcut, surrounded by a double frame; imprint statement is at the bottom of the woodcut, within the frame; historiated initials.
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.
"Accessit in fine compendium breue aliquorum priuilegiorum, praecipue concessorum ministris sancti euangelij huius Noui Orbis."
Edges of textblock branded with the marca de fuego of the Convento de Santiago de Tlatelolco.

Physical Description

686, [2] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 21 cm (4to)

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