[Americana]. GONZALEZ LAGUNA (Francisco). El zelo sacerdotal - Lot 244

[Americana]. GONZALEZ LAGUNA (Francisco). El zelo sacerdotal para con los niños no-nacidos En Lima, lmprenta de los Ninas Expositos 1781. In-8, [17] f. including title, 271p. [55] p. 1 woodcut pl., antique ivory parchment, smooth spine (flaws including disbound binding, one corner worn, brown stains in margins of 10 f. at end, a few light fingerprints, stamp faded from title). Very rare single edition of this treatise on childbirth, containing theological and medical considerations on childbirth, the question of Caesarean sections, etc. It bears witness to the practices in use in the region. It bears witness to the practices in use in Peru at the time. It is followed by an appendix on the care of drowned persons. Old ms. notes on a back cover, modern bookplate stamp on page 1 ( Raperto C Rivas ?).