Defensa de la verdad, consagrada a la luz de la justicia
Subtitle: sujeta a la comun censura, para que sea patente al teatro de mundo
Contributors: Colegio de San Buenaventura de Tlatelolco
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1689
Place of publication: Madrid
Language: spa
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Catholic Church; Missions; Franciscans; History
Notes: Signed on p. 302: Fr. Francisco de Ayeta.

Place and date of publication from Medina and Streit.

"Bvllas apostolicas que conceden la exempcion, y importan para su defensa", leaves 1-14, 2nd count, has separate caption title.

"Breve, y compendioso resumen de lo que contiene el motivo principal à que mira este papel", leaves [1]-17, 4th count, has separate caption title.

The Franciscan case in the controversy over missions with the Bishop of Guadalajara, Mexico, Juan de Santiago León Garabito.

Signatures: pi² (pi1, pi2 versos blank) A-G² ²A-G² H-7N² (7N2 verso blank) ³A-³G² ²H-²I² (²I2 blank)

Woodcut initials.

Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) 20798.

Medina, J.T. Bib, hispano-americana, 6238.

Streit, R. Bib. missionum, II:2290.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound as 1st item of 2 with: Yo Pedro de Arce y Andrade, escrivano del Rey nuestro señor, [Madrid?, 1689], a collection of documents concerning the controversy over missions between the Franciscan order and the Bishop of Guadalajara, Mexico, Juan de Santiago León Garabito.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: title page and following leaf are slightly mutilated and repaired with Japanese paper; leaf 62, 3rd count torn, not affecting text.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full limp vellum.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Colegio de San Buenaventura de Tlatelolco: marca de fuego [CCMF, BF-12043] and unidentified marca de fuego [possibly Convento de San Pedro y San Pablo de Calimaya, Mexico]