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Very rare biography of the second Archbishop of Lima Francisco Montalvo, 1683 MONTALVO, Francisco Antonio de (fl. 17th century). El sol del nuevo mundo ideado y compuesto en las esclarecidas operaciones del bienaventurado Toribio Arcobispo de Lima. Rome: Angel Bernavo, 1683. The first and only edition of a biography of the second Archbishop of Lima, “so rare that is has escaped the researches of Ternaux and Brunet” (Sabin). Saint Toribio of Mogrovejo was nominated for Archbishop of Lima against his own wishes, despite not yet being ordained a priest. During his time in Peru, Toribio founded the first seminary in the Western Hemisphere—where indigenous languages were a required subject. He also clashed with colonial governors in the course of his struggles to protect native Peruvians from exploitation, and became the spiritual advisor of numerous divines would later themselves be beatified: Saint Rose of Lima, Saint Martin de Porres, and Saint Francisco Solano. Sabin 50071. Folio (294 x 210mm). Two full-page engravings by Benoit Thiboust (1660-1719), engraved device on title, woodcut initials and ornaments (heavy worming at inner margin, with first few leaves detached; some leaves browned and a few spots of ink burn). Contemporary vellum wrapper (front pastedown loose, some light worming and staining). Provenance : early underlining and annotations – Don Celedonio Gaspar de Bustillos (several ownership inscriptions, one dated 28 April 1793) – Pedro and Miriam Kropp Beltrán (former Prime Minister of Peru and his wife, both celebrated art collectors).