Book/Printed Material Fama, y obras posthumas del Fenix de Mexico, decima musa, poetisa americana, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, religiosa professa en el convento de San Geronimo de la Imperial Ciudad de Mexico

Title

• Fama, y obras posthumas del Fenix de Mexico, decima musa, poetisa americana, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, religiosa professa en el convento de San Geronimo de la Imperial Ciudad de Mexico

Names

• Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sister, 1651-1695, author
• Castorena y Ursúa, Juan Ignacio de, 1668-1733, editor
• Ruiz de Murga, Manuel, -1719?, printer
• Caldevilla, Joseph, active early 18th century, illustrator
• Puche, Clemente, active 1699-1728, etcher

Created / Published

• En Madrid : En la Imprenta de Manuel Ruiz de Murga, à la Calle de la Habada, Año de 1700.

Headings

• -  Love--Poetry--Women authors--Early works to 1800
• -  God (Christianity)--Worship and love--Poetry--Early works to 1800
• -  Feminist literature--Mexico--Early works to 1800
• -  Feminist poetry, Mexican--Early works to 1800
• -  Intellectual freedom--Mexico--Early works to 1800
• -  Women's rights--Mexico--Early works to 1800
• -  Spanish poetry--Classical period
• -  Spiritual exercises
• -  Spain--Madrid

Genre

• Religious poetry
• Devotional poetry
• Devotional literature
• Etchings
• Woodcuts
• Sprinkled calf bindings

Notes

• -  "Consagralas a la Magestad Catholica de la Reyna Nuestra Señora Doña Mariana de Neoburg Baviera Palatina del Rhin, por mano de la Excma. Señora Doña Juana de Aragon y Cortès, Duquesa de Monteleon, y Terra-Nova, Marquesa del Valle de Goaxaca, &c. El doctor Don Juan Ignacio de Castorena y Vrsua, Capellan de Honor de Su Magestad, Protonotario Juez Apostolico por Su Santidad, Theologo, Examinador de la Nunciatura de España, Prebendado de la Santa Iglesia Metropolitana de Mexico."
• -  Generally considered the first edition of the 3rd volume of her works.
• -  In addition to her poems, includes her Respuesta a Sor Philotea de la Cruz (pages 8-60), in which Sor Juana defends her literary pursuits, describes her life and character, and supports "the culture of Mexican women" and "the right to dissent." Sor Philotea, the critic, was in fact the Bishop of Puebla, Manuel Fernandez de Santa Cruz. -- Bookseller's description
• -  Signatures: [pi]² [chi]1 [par.]⁴-4[par]⁴ 5[par]⁴-6[par.]⁴ a-c⁴ 7[par.]⁴-10[par.]⁴ *⁴-4*⁴ [chi]1 A-2D⁴.
• -  Title in red and black.
• -  Woodcut initials, head-pieces, tail-pieces.
• -  Full-page etching has a portrait of Sor Juana inside a wreath in an architectural border ornamented with puti, emblems and armorial bearings of the patrons of this publication, the queen and the marquesa del Valle, and with human figures representing Europe and America. Plate signed: Joseph Caldevilla invenit, Clemens Puche delineabat.
• -  One leaf with errata and privilege statement tipped in.
• -  One leaf with "advertencia" tipped in; in Princeton and Library of Congress copies, between 4*4 and A1.
• -  For contents see bibliography by Pedro Henríquez Ureña in Revista hispanoamericana, 1917, volume 40, pages 194-197.
• -  LC copy has facsimile, printed on old paper, of the portrait of Sor Juana, not the original etching; this portrait leaf tipped in after title leaf. Has leaf with errata and privilege statement tipped in between portrait and first gathering. In contemporary Spanish sprinkled calf, red spine label, gilt spine title and decoration.
• -  Medina, J.T. Biblioteca hispano-americana (1493-1810) volume 3, page 446, item 2013
• -  Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano (2. ed.) volume 4, page 205, items 65226-65227
• -  Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 36814
• -  #ACQ 24-096.

Medium

• 142 unnumbered pages, 210 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait (etching), coats of arms ; 22 cm (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

• PQ7296.J6 F36 1700

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/General.2023552290

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2023552290

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2023552290

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