This is a beautiful, 17th. century vellum book. Large size-it measures 11 3/4 x 8 1/2x 2 3/4 inches. This book is definitely bound using early binding methods. The paper pages are quite thick. There is a lot of foxing on the pages and the cover on the book shows wear. Her is some information on Palafox taken from the internet. This book was published during the life of Juan Palafox. Price: $225.00 + shipping

Juan de Mendoza de Palafox
clergyman politician
Juan de Palafox de Mendoza was a Spanish politician and Catholic clergyman.
Background
Juan de Palafox de Mendoza was born in Aragon, Spain on June 26, 1600.
Career
He was appointed in 1839 bishop of Angelopolis (Puebla de los Angeles) in Mexico, and there honourably distinguished himself by his efforts to protect the natives from Spanish cruelty, forbidding any methods of conversion other than persuasion. In this he met with the uncompromising hostility of the Jesuits, whom in 1647 he laid under an interdict. He twice, in 1647 and 1649, laid a formal complaint against them at Rome. The pope, however, refused to approve his censures, and all he could obtain was a brief from Innocent X (May 14, 1648), commanding the Jesuits to respect the episcopal jurisdiction.In 1653 the Jesuits succeeded in securing his translation to the little see of Osma in Old Castile. In 1694 Charles II of Spain petitioned for his canonization; but though this passed through the preliminary stages, securing for Palafox the title of “Venerable, ” it was ultimately defeated, under Pius VI, by the intervention of the Jesuits. This is such a lovely early vellum book. Price: $225.00 + shipping”

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