Oracion Funebre Que en las Exequias Militares Celebradas por la Plaza de Mexico en Su Santa Iglesia Metropolitana el Dia 28 de Noviembre de 1786

Mexico City: Por D. Felipe de Zuñiga y Ontiveros, 1787. Very good.. [2],37pp. Small folio. Original plain wrappers. Spine chipped, minor staining and wear to wraps. Occasional minor soil internally. A scarce funeral oration for the fallen soldiers of New Spain, given at the cathedral in Mexico City during November 1786. The oration takes as its foundation 2 Maccabees 12:42-45 ("The noble Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves free from sin..."), which concerns atonement for the sins of fallen soldiers by Judas Maccabeus. Although not specifically mentioned, the principal military engagement during this period in Mexico were against the Apache and Comanche in the northern deserts. The author, Francisco Javier Conde y Oquendo, was a Cuban-born prelate renowned for his oratory. He authored several volumes on the subject and gave the church's principal eulogy in Mexico for Philip V. In 1795, he was made canon of the cathedral in Puebla. OCLC notes just three copies, at NYPL, Berkeley, and Texas A&M. (Inventory #: 5662)