La Maximo en lo Minimo: La Portentosa Imagen de Nuestra Senora de los Remedios, Conquistadora y Patrona de la Imperial Cuidad de Mexico, en donde escribia esta historia
- Mexico: Per Don Mariano de Zuniga y Ontiveros, 1808
Mexico: Per Don Mariano de Zuniga y Ontiveros, 1808. Very Good. Mexico: Per Don Mariano de Zuniga y Ontiveros, 1808. First Edition. Small quarto. [20]; 153; [11]pp. Engraving by Jose Maria Montes de Oca. Full calf binding with leather spine label. Worn along edges; brief exposure; chipping; split to bottom of front joint. Binding sound; a few marks and staining to endpapers; else unmarked and Very Good.
History and artistic description of the Virgin of Los Remedios, including an extensive description of the Spaniards, led by Hernan Cortes, imposing Christianity on the Native Americans and supplanting their religion as part of their conquest. The Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, was dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, god of war, and Tlaloc, god of rain and agriculture. The Spaniards "purified" the temple with a crucifix and an image of the Virgin Mary, leading to arguments over the competing faiths, tensions rose, and Cortes promised rain would fall as a demonstration of his god's power. According to the legend, rain unexpectedly fell the next day, was interpreted as a miracle, and strengthened the conqueror's position among the indigenous people. An uncommon narrative by a native Mexican on the power of story, relics, and iconography spanning the colonial period of Mexico's history.
Sabin 11056.
History and artistic description of the Virgin of Los Remedios, including an extensive description of the Spaniards, led by Hernan Cortes, imposing Christianity on the Native Americans and supplanting their religion as part of their conquest. The Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, was dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, god of war, and Tlaloc, god of rain and agriculture. The Spaniards "purified" the temple with a crucifix and an image of the Virgin Mary, leading to arguments over the competing faiths, tensions rose, and Cortes promised rain would fall as a demonstration of his god's power. According to the legend, rain unexpectedly fell the next day, was interpreted as a miracle, and strengthened the conqueror's position among the indigenous people. An uncommon narrative by a native Mexican on the power of story, relics, and iconography spanning the colonial period of Mexico's history.
Sabin 11056.