Carta pastoral
By: que escrive el excelentissimo Señor Doct. Don Melchor de Liñan y Cisneros arçobispo de Lima à sus amadas obejas, los fieles de su rebaño, à causa del lamentable sucesso, en la desctruccion de los lugares Riobamba, Ambato, y la Tacunga, dle [sic] Reyno de Quito, con la rebentazon de vn volcan, que los destruyo
Contributors: Liñán y Cisneros, Melchor de, d. 1708
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1699
Place of publication: S.l
Language: spa
Number of pages: 76
Notes: Caption title.

Dated and signed on p. [74]: Lima 20 de marzo de 1699. Melchor arçobispo de Lima.

Alden and Medina give place of publication and date as [Madrid?, 1699?]

Medina (Lima) and Vargas Ugarte give place of publication as [Lima, 1699]

Pastoral letter concerning the volcanic eruption in the Kingdom of Quito, then in the Viceroyalty of Peru, now in present day Ecuador and it's causes, which he attributes to profanity in dress, impiety with slaves, luxury, and ostentation.

Signatures: A-T²

Woodcut initial.

Medina, J.T. Bib. hispano-americana, 6577.

Medina, J.T. Lima, 696.

Vargas Ugarte, R. Impressos peruanos, 947.

Alden, J.E. European-Americana, 699/133.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: some leaves closely cropped at head and foredge with no loss of text.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund.