Carta pastoral, y conocimientos de la divina gracia bondad y misericordia ….

Brussels, Francisco Vivien, 1659.. 12°, contemporary limp vellum (darkened), ties missing. Woodcut initials. In very good to fine condition. (6 ll.), 201 pp. *** Third edition (of at least seven) of a work first published in Madrid, 1653, and again in Brussels, 1653, by the same printer as the present edition.Palafox y Mendoza, energetic and beloved bishop of Puebla, was known as "the second Las Casas" because of his staunch defense of the Indians. As a direct consequence of his battles with the Jesuits, he was eventually transferred to the inconsequential See of Osma in Old Castile, where he died in 1659. His actions were finally vindicated by three papal briefs.*** Palau 209586: without collation. Medina, BHA 1304: calling for only 5 preliminary leaves, and a blank leaf at the end; citing his own copy. Simón Díaz XVI, 3709n.: citing only the Medina copy, now at the Biblioteca Nacional in Santiago de Chile. Peeters-Fontainas 1022: citing only his own copy. NUC: cites only a microfilm of the Medina copy in the Biblioteca Nacional, Santiago de Chile at DLC, RPB.