San Epitacio apostol y Pastor de Tui ciudadano Obispo y Martir de Ambracia oy Plasencia Su vida y Martirio Escrivelo A la devocion y mandato del Ill[ustrísi]mo y R[everendísi]mo Señor Don Diego de Arce Reynoso Obispo de Plasencia […]

 

Full title: San Epitacio apostol y Pastor de Tui ciudadano Obispo y Martir de Ambracia oy Plasencia Su vida y Martirio Escrivelo A la devocion y mandato del Ill[ustrísi]mo y R[everendísi]mo Señor Don Diego de Arce Reynoso Obispo de Plasencia Inquisidor Gen[era]l del Cosejo de su Magestad El Licendo. Ivan de Tamayo Salazar su Secretario Dedicalo al Glorioso S[an]to Martir Placentino.

 

4to. ff. [2] (blank), pp. [22], 432, [40] (last blank), ff. [2] (blank) (p. 60 called 61). Signatures: §⁴ §§⁴ §§§² A-Z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ Aaa-Hhh⁴ a-e⁴. Vellum, red edges, remnants of ties, spine with blank label. Imprint from colophon: "Con licencia, en Madrid, Por Diego Diaz de la Carrera, An̂o M. DC. XLVI." Engraved title page with standing portraits of San Epitacio and S. Basileo, with caption "Por Diego Diez de Carre.a. Ft. 1646." Engraved initials, head- and tailpieces. Ruled border around each page, with ruled margins for annotations. Printed annotations. Includes index at end: "Indice de lás cosas notables deste libro." Printed in Roman and Italic characters. Approbation by M. Gil Gonçalez Dauila and license by Doctor D. Alonso de la Palma. Censure by D. Martin Gaspar Nieto de Trexo. Errata list p. [7] with license by D. Carlos Murcia de la Llana, dated "II. de Octub. de 1646". Preface by D. Ioseph Pellicer de Tobar.

 

Only edition of Tamayo de Salazar’s life of the bishop San Epitacio, martyred by the Moors, followed by a list of festivities formerly celebrated by the church of Plasencia, including those commemorating the Immaculate Conception. Tamayo de Salazar was a hagiographic forger, supporting his claims by citing false chronicles. See A. Palau, Manual del librero hispano-americano. Barcelona, 1923-27, 327099.

 

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