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Miami, Fl.: Windward Publishing Inc.. Very Good. 1967. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Inscribed by Seymour Liebman on the half title page. Clean cream colored wraps with red letters and decoration. Text is tight, clean & intact. 14 full-page illustrations, 2 genealogical tables & facsimilies in text. Light cover wear. The translations are based on the transcription of the manuscripts which appeared in the PROCESOS DE LUIS DE CARVAJAL (EL MOZO) , PUBLICACIONES DEL ARCHIVO GENERAL DE LA NACION, vol 28, published in Mexico City in 1935. This Is the first English edition, but the second actual edition. Religion, Mexico, Inquisition, Judaism. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 157 pages; t; Signed by Editor .

Coral Gables, Florida: University of Miami Press. Fine in Fair dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Translator and Editor Seymour B. Liebman [1907-1986] atop half-title. "Poetic beauty and religious fervor flow from the memoirs and letters of this young Jew of Mexico City who was burned at the stake on December 8, 1596, accused of secretly practicing forbidden Jewish rites. These documents and his spiritual Last Will and Testament are starkly moving witnesses to a dark period in the social history of that part of New Spain that is now Mexico." - dust jacket. "The only known extant writings by a Jew in Mexico during the Spanish colonial period, 1521-1821, are the memoirs, letters, and will written during 1595 and 1596 by Luis de Carvajal, el Mozo (the Younger)." - Foreword. "Professor Liebman has not only carefully translated these valuable documents, but has also provided them with detailed notes, a fine introduction, and an… Read More