Luz, methodo, de confesar idolatras [sic], y destierro de idolatrias, debajo del tratado siguiente
Subtitle: Tratado de avisos, y puntos importantes, de la abominable seta de la idolatria, para examinar por ellos el penitente en el fuero interior de la conciencia, y exterior judicial ...
By: Por el Lic. Diego Jaymes Ricardo Villavicencio, originario del Pueblo de Quechula, de la provincia de Tepeaca ... y assimismo iuez commissario en dicho partido en causas de fê co[n]tra idolatrias, y otras supersticiones del demonio
Contributors: León, Nicolás, 1859-1929
Publisher: en la Imprenta de Diego Fernandez de Leon
Published: 1692
Place of publication: Con licencia en la Puebla de los Angeles
Language: spa
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Doctrines; Indians of Mexico; Idols and images; Missions; Catholic Church; Indian linguistics; Nahuatl language; Languages; Texts; CSAIP; Worship
Notes: Preliminary matter includes dedication and "cartas" from the bishops of Puebla de Los Angeles and Oaxaca; includes "Segunda parte del tratado" 51 p. at end.

Page 11-19 "De confessar idolatras" in Segunda parte are in Nahuatl.

Full-page woodcut of crucifixion preceding t.p., coat of arms of the dedicatee on t.p. verso; title, coat of arms and text of Dedicatoria set in border of printer's ornaments; ornamental initials, head- and tail-pieces.

Signatures: pi⁶ (-pi6) [par.]-2[par.]² 3[par.]⁴ 4[par.]² A-I² J-2I² 2A⁴ B-I²J-L² pi1.

Medina, J.T.  Puebla, 153.

Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.), 368931.

Ugarte, Salvador.  Cat. de obras escritas en lenguas indigenas de Mexico, 427.

Sabin, 99693.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect, lacking preliminary letter from Francisco Nuñez, bishop of Chiapa (p. [7-10] ist count). Available in facs.

John Carter Brown Library copy has written at bottom of crucifixion "Ego Sum Lux Mundi Ioan.8"; previous owner's notes (illegible) on t.p. Considerable insect damage p. 29-95 (second count) with some loss of text. Bound in contemporary vellum.

Provenance of John Carter Brown Library copy : Nicolás León : bookplate.