Escudo de armas de Mexico; escrito por el Presbitero Cayetano de Cabrera y Quintero para conmemorar el final de la funesta epidemia de Matlazahuatl que asolo a la Nueva España entre 1736-1738
Author: Cayetano Javier de Cabrera y Quintero (c1700- c1774) edited by Victor Manuel Ruiz Naufal
Year: 1981
Publisher: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Place: Mexico City
Description:
xcviii+xxxviii+522 pages with illustrations and plates. Folio (12 1/2" x 9 3/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. First published in 1746.
The Coat of arms of Mexico, dedicated to King Ferdinand VI (Mexico, Hogal, 1746), is a story of the terrible epidemic called matlazahual that was suffered in this capital and throughout the kingdom in the years 1736 and 37, and of the spiritual and temporal measures and resources that were taken to extinguish it, among which was one to swear to the holy virgin in her famous image of Guadalupe as universal patron.
Cayetano Javier de Cabrera y Quintero was a secular priest of the archbishopric of Mexico City, born around the year 1700. From 1720 he became a member of the theological academy of San Felipe Neri, where he became secretary. In this academy he shared space with figures who would later have outstanding careers, such as Manuel de Anguita, Ignacio Rodríguez Navarijo, and the brothers Manuel and Juan José de Eguiara y Eguren . With the latter, Cabrera maintained a lasting friendship, which the future bibliographer recorded in his work Bibliotheca mexicana. During the period from 1721 to 1726, Cayetano Javier de Cabrera y Quintero applied on several occasions for the chairs of rhetoric, philosophy, theology, and sacred scriptures at the Royal University of Mexico, without success. During this period, he was probably also ordained as a priest.
Condition:
Edge wear with tears and chips, hinges rubbed, spine rubbed, some damp rippling to page edges else better than good. Due to the size and weight of this item additional postage may be required.
