Americas.- Palafox Y Mendoza (Juan) Alegaciones en favor del Clero Estado Eclesiatico, i Secular, espanoles, e Indios del Obispado de la Puebla de los Angeles, first edition, first two ff. woith margins restored (borders supplied), worming, mostly marginal, but occasionally affecting the odd letter, some staining and light foxing, recased in contemporary limp vellum, creased and soiled, lacking ties, [Palau 209674], folio, [Puebla], [c.1650].

⁂ Exceedingly rare account of the ecclesiastical disputes that took place in New Spain in the mid-seventeenth century, centered around Bishop Palafox and his clashes with the Jesuits, which Palau calls 'rara y apreciada'. It includes a complete list of all clerics (names and positions) working at the time in the Diocese of Puebla.