BRB1408

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Subject

Description

An outstanding example of eighteenth-century Mexican printing, this oration by a local Puebla preacher on the life of St. Thomas Aquinas features handsome typography in red and black, gold retouching of the name of "D. Thomae Aquinatis," and an elaborate allegorical frontispiece engraving.

Creator

Villagomez y Lorenzana, Gregorio Alfonso, Fabian y Fuero, Francisco, 1719–1801, Nava, José de, 1735-1815, ill., Reales y Pontificios Colegios de San Pedro y San Juan (Puebla, Mexico), printer.

Source

BRB1408. Gregorio Alfonso Villagomez y Lorenzana (fl. 18th century). Prima oratio habita in regio ac pontificio Angelopolitano Seminario Sanct. Apost. Petri & Joann. in laudem angelici Doctoris D. Thomae Aquinatis : quam vesperè die VII. Martii anno domini M. DCC. LXX. Puebla: Royal and Pontifical Colleges of San Pedro and San Juan, 1770.

Relation

Saints

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Latin

Type

Published oration

Collection

Welcome Additions

Citation

Villagomez y Lorenzana, Gregorio Alfonso, Fabian y Fuero, Francisco, 1719–1801, Nava, José de, 1735-1815, ill., Reales y Pontificios Colegios de San Pedro y San Juan (Puebla, Mexico), printer. , “BRB1408,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 25, 2024, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1638.