[Sammelband of Twenty-Four 19th-Century Mexican Novenas and Other Works of Popular Catholic Devotion]

[Mexico City, 1876. About very good.. Twenty-four pamphlets in one volume, with paginations as noted below. 16mo. Rebound in modern pebbled calf, with original gilt leather spine laid down. Moderate tanning and some dust soiling. Five works lacking title pages. An extensive sammelband of nearly twenty-five scarce novenas, triduas, prayer books, and other devotionals printed in Mexico during the 19th century. At least sixteen of the imprints emanate from the presses of the Abadiano y Valdez publishing family, which held a prominent role in the production of popular devotional works across the 1800s. The most prolific of these printers was Luis Abadiano y Valdez, who published a number of educational and political works, but the vast majority of his output was religious, and the present sammelband provides a good representation of some of his scarcer imprints produced in the 1840s and 1850s. Also included in this tract volume are a sizable number of imprints by his successor, Francisco Abadiano, who operated the press in the 1860s and 1870s, only one of which is recorded by OCLC, as well two earlier scarce imprints produced in the 1820s and 1830s by their predecessor, Alejandro Valdez. In all, a very interesting concatenation of scarce Mexican devotional works from the 19th century. A complete list of imprints contained in the present volume is as follows:

1) Devocionario Para Asistir al Sto. Sacrificio de la Misa... Mexico: Imprenta de R. Velasco, 1874. 85pp. Not in OCLC.
2) Triduo Devoto Para Disponerse a Celebrar la Fiesta del Corazon Sacratisimo de Jesus.... Mexico: Imprenta de Luis Abadiano y Valdez, 1853. 32pp. Not in OCLC.
3) Triduo Devoto para Invocar los Tres Dias Primeros de Cada Mes, al Patrocinio del Arcangel Señor San Rafael. Mejico: Reimpresa en la Oficina del C. Alejandro Valdez, 1826. [15]pp., with woodcut on t.p. verso. Not in OCLC.
4) [Devotional with New Year's Prayers]. [5]-26pp.
5) [Obsequio diario de visitar a la Santísima Virgen, o, Corte de María]. [Mexico: Imprenta de Luis Abadiano y Valdez, 1849?]. 36pp. Lacking t.p. Two copies in OCLC.
6) Triduo Devoto de las Tiernas Necesidades que Padecio Maria Santisima.... Mexico: Libreria de Francisco Abadiano, [1865]. 32pp. Not in OCLC.
7) Indulgencias Anexas los Rosarios, Cruces, y Medallas, que Se Expenden en el Torno de Santa Brigida de Mexico. Mexico: Imp. Literaria, 1865. 27,[1]pp. Not in OCLC.
8) Oraciones que Se Rezan en la Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Mexico, Quando Se Practican Algunos Ejercicios Espirituales. Mexico: Libreria de Francisco Abadiano, [ca. 1860]. One copy in OCLC.
9) Rosario de los Siete Dolores [caption title]. 6pp. Lacking t.p.
10) Novena en Honor de los Dolores de Maria Santisima. Mexico: Tip. de Aguilar Ortiz, 1872. 12pp. Not in OCLC.
11) Novena y Seisena, o Seis Domingos de S. Luis Gonzaga.... Mexico: Imprenta de Luis Abadiano y Valdez, 1850. 32pp. with woodcut on t.p. verso. Not in OCLC.
12) Devoto Ejercicio, que en Honor, del Sto. Angel de Guarda, Debe Practicarse el Dia Dos de Cada Mes.... Mexico: Imprenta de Luis Abadiano y Valdez, 1837. 10pp. Recorded, but no copies located in OCLC.
13) [Novena for Saint Peter]. [3]-32pp., lacking t.p.
14) Triduo Doloroso Dedicado al Santo Niño Cautivo.... Mexico: Imprenta de Luis Abadiano y Valdez, 1845. 32pp., with woodcut on t.p. verso. Two copies in OCLC.
15) Novena a Maria Santisima Bajo el Titulo Glorioso de Nuestra Señora del Carmen. Mexico: Imprenta Imprenta de Luis Abadiano y Valdez, 1850. 32pp., woodcut on t.p. verso. Two copies in OCLC.
16) Rasgo Historico Sobre la Renovacion del Señor de Santa Teresa.... Mexico: Imprenta del C. Alejandro Valdez, 1833. 30pp. Three copies in OCLC.
17) Dia Doce de Cada Mes Consagrado a Nuestra Madre y Señora Maria Santisima de Guadalupe, en Su Maravillosa Aparicion.... Mexico: Libreria de Francisco Abadiano, 1874. 32pp., with woodcut on t.p. verso. Not in OCLC.
18) [lacking t.p.]
19) [Novena] del Glorioso Patriarca Señor San José, Padre Putativo de Jesus y Esposo Dignisimo de Maria.... Mexico: Francisco Abadiano, [1862]. 32pp. One copy in OCLC.
20) Novena a Honor y Culto del Dulcisimo Misterio de la Purisima Concepcion de la Reina de los Angeles y Abogada de los Hombres Maria Santisima. Mexico: Libreria de Francisco Abadiano, 1866. 32pp. One copy in OCLC.
21) Letanias de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes.... Mexico: Imprenta de Jose Mariano Lara, 1873. 8pp. Not in OCLC.
22) Novena a la Santisima Virgen Maria de Guadalupe.... Mexico: Imprenta de Luis Abadiano y Valdez, 1846. 32pp., with woodcut on t.p. verso. Not in OCLC.
23) Novena al Glorioso Apostol San Judas Tadeo, Que por las Misteriosas Significaciones de Su Nombre, Despuso Su Mas Apasionado y Reconocido Devoto Fray Antonio Obando. Mexico: Francisco Abadiano, 1871. 24pp. Not in OCLC.
24) Sucinta Esplicacion de las Tiernas y Santas Ceremonias de la Seña, Sacada de lo Que Latamente Han Escrito Autores Clasicos. Mexico: Luis Abadiano y Valdez, 1843. [[32]pp., with woodcut on t.p. verso. Two copies in OCLC.